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Jan 9, 2007
The Strolling Musicians
The Strolling Musicians
c. 1635
Rembrandt van Rijn
(Dutch, 1606–1669)
Etching and drypoint
Support: Cream(3) laid paper
Sheet: 14.5 x 11.8 cm (5 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.); Platemark: 14.1 x 11.5 cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.54
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 119 (XVIII.63)
State: i/ii
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Although 17th-century Holland produced neither noteworthy composers nor renowned performers, rarely has another culture produced so many visual images of music as the Dutch. In this depiction of a pair of itinerant musicians wearily shuffling from door to door, Rembrandt reveals his compassionate understanding of human frailties. The hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes, as depicted here, were frequently associated with itinerant beggars and blind street singers in paintings and prints of the period.
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