| The Soothsayer's Recompense | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Giorgio de Chirico |
| Year | 1913 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 135.6 cm × 180 cm (53+3⁄8 in × 70+7⁄8 in) |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
| Accession | 1950-134-38 |
The Soothsayer's Recompense is a 1913 painting by Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico.[1][2] It is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of the permanent collection. It was accessioned in 1950 as one of the thousand items donated to the institution by Walter and Louise Arensberg.[3] The piece was created in France, through a process of "squaring-up" in which Chirico drew a version of the piece divided into nine squares, and subsequently used this draft to quickly create the fleshed-out painting.[3][4]
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- ^ a b "The Soothsayer's Recompense". The Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Gale, Matthew (1 April 1988). "The Uncertainty of the Painter: De Chirico in 1913". The Burlington Magazine. 130 (1021). Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd.: 268–276. JSTOR 883282.