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A Blind Hurdy-gurdy Player and his Family
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Music echoes in all of these street scenes. Three prints show a hurdy-gurdy player accompanied by his family or followed by a crush of children going door to door to play a tune and ask for alms. Often these musicians were blind and hence had a guide dog, as seen in the print at the upper left. There the child in the doorway beams with delight.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineA Blind Hurdy-gurdy Player and his Family. 1648. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
