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The Strolling Musicians
Rembrandtc. 1635
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: The Strolling Musicians
- Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
- Date Created: c. 1635
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Provenance: Julian Marshall (1836-1903), London, stamped (Lugt 1494), verso, lower left, in black. James Reiss (1812-1899), Manchester and London, stamped (Lugt 1522), verso, lower right, in purple. Charles C. Cunningham, Jr., Hartford, Conneticut, stamped (not in Lugt). purchased from (R. M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.54
- Medium: etching and drypoint
- State of work: i/ii
- Inscriptions: lower center, in pen and brown ink: 145 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 119 ; lower left, in pen and brown ink: HCX ; lower left, in graphite: [illegible]23 ; lower left, in graphite: B. 119 ; lower center, in graphite: N° 115 ; lower center, in graphite: 1rst state
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Accession Number: 1976.54
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