A Blind Hurdy-gurdy Player and his Family — History & Facts
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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The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Hundred Guilder Print: the figures leaning on the wall in the centre left
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Hundred Guilder Print: the central piece with Christ preaching, the plate arched
Rembrandt van Rijn
Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Mill
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’
Rembrandt van Rijn
The return of the prodigal son
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Hundred Guilder Print: the central piece with Christ preaching, the plate arched
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Hundred Guilder Print: the man seen on the back in the lower left corner
Rembrandt van Rijn
