The Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player
Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch, 1586 - 1652
David Vinckboons, Dutch, 1576 - 1632
1607
Etching on paper
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 3/16 in. (16.3 × 23.3 cm)
Plate: 6 7/8 × 9 1/4 in. (17.5 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (18.5 × 25.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the David G. Stahl 1947 Fund
2021.57
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
DvBoins inventor (bottom left); CIVisscher fecit et ex (bottom right); Siet hoe dat Iorden luystert nae des blinde-mans lier / Voor t’ghehoor meent hy te gheven niet een sier; Maer Gauwert die loert nae zyn tas int secreet, en neemter het ghelt uyt, dat Iorden niet en weet (below)
Provenance
Antiques Collaborative, Quechee, Vermont; sold to present collection, 2021.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hollstein 110; Muller 1118
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