The blind fiddler, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Title(s)

The blind fiddler

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1070

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 77-3(9)
• Bartsch 138-1(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 138-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• monogram and date: ‘RHL 1631’Lugt
• mark: Lugt 305
• mark: Lugt 300
• mark: 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1631

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 78 mm × width 53 mm

What

• violin, fiddle
• blind, blindness

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 119, cat.nr. 77