Public domain
Old Blind Beggar
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
An old blind man sits smoking a pipe on a chair and begs for money with an outstretched hat. His left foot rests on a stove, next to him lies a dog on the ground. In the margin a four-line verse in Dutch. Part of a series of prints of Amsterdam street figures around 1770.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOude blinde bedelaar. c. 1770. Pieter Langendijk (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
