The Fortune Teller is an oil on canvas historical genre painting by the British artist Edward Poynter, from 1877. It is held at the Royal Academy, in London.
It depicts a scene in an Ancient Greek bathouse, where an aristocratic woman, who appears naked, consults a fortune teller with a crystal ball. Another woman watches the scene.Poynter presented the painting to the Royal Academy of Arts at his diploma work. It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1877 at Burlington House. He later served as President of the Royal Academy from 1896 to 1918.