Strolling musicians (late imp.)

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

mid-17th century

Technique / Medium:

etching on paper

Place of creation:

Nederland

Description

Two street musicians play for an audience at their door. The musician on the left, wearing a tall hat with a dog on a leash tied to his left arm, is playing what might be a hurdy gurdy. The musician on the right is playing a bagpipe using the right hand on the top and the left on the bottom. An audience of a woman and man with a child in the middle are listening while standing at a Dutch door showing only the top half of their bodies.

Iconclass

48C756
popular music, street music
48CC75611
hurdy-gurdy player - CC - out of doors
48CC7354(+1)
bagpipe, musette - CC - out of doors + artist at work

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bagpipe [3746]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5277