The blind fiddler, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Title(s)

The blind fiddler

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-359

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 77-8(9)
• Bartsch 138-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 138-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• monogram and date: ‘RHL 1631’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De figuur van de violist zwaar opgewerkt door onbekende hand.

Artist

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

Dating

1631

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 78 mm × width 53 mm

What

• violin, fiddle

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 120, cat.nr. 77