A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Title(s)

A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1987-192

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 243-3(5)
• Bartsch 176-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 176-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1648’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228 a

Artist

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

Dating

1648

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 165 mm × width 128 mm

Credit line

• J. Wyss Bequest, Hartford

Acquisition

bequest 1987

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 164, cat.nr. 243
• Bij een aanwinst. De tweede staat van Rembrandts ets De aanbidding der herders: een nachtstuk, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 171
• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum 1987, p. 34.