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The Blind Lute Player, ca. 1600
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The Blind Lute Player, ca. 1600

Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) · 1607 · etching; paper

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

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The blind fiddler, ca. 1600. A blind hurdy-gurdy player plays in front of a house where a man and woman look through a half-door. Behind the musician a man is robbed of his purse. In the foreground dancing children. With inscription of 2 times 2 lines in Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDe blinde liereman, ca. 1600. 1607. Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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