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Blind Lute Player
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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A fiddler playing his music at the door of a house. A man and woman stand in the (half) doorway listening. A procession of children dances around him, behind him a man and woman. The man's purse is being rolled. In the front left, a large basket with a stick. In the background, village houses. The caption is missing for this copy. Subject headings within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Music and musical instruments: Fiddler and street organs.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBlinde liereman. 1607. Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
