The Blind Fiddler

1631

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is a sketch featuring a person standing with a leaning posture. The person has a bearded face, hair partially covered by a tall hat with a plume, and is dressed in a loose-fitting coat and pants. They are holding a small bagpipe. In the background, there is another figure in a garment adjusting an object. The background includes sketchy representations of trees or vegetation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7266

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 138, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

Associated Names

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 77, state iii/ix.

Wikidata ID

Q65024879

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