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The strolling musicians
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 descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStraatmuzikanten. c. 1635. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
