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A Hurdy-gurdy Player Followed by Children
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A Hurdy-gurdy Player Followed by Children

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1641 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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.

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Credit lineA Hurdy-gurdy Player Followed by Children. 1641. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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