On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P07613
- Author
- La Tour, Georges de (French)
- Title
- Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player
- Chronology
- 1610-1630
- Technique
- Óleo
- Support
- Lienzo
- Measures
- 86 cm x 62,5 cm
- School
- Francesa
- Theme
- Género y sociedad
- On display
- Yes
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1992
La Tour depicts an old, blind street musician playing a hurdy-gurdy, which is a subject he repeated on various occasions. Active in Lorraine (Eastern France) and influenced by Caravaggio, this artist took pleasure in recreating details such as the ribbon adorning the instrument, the old man's hair and his wrinkled face. This is a fragment of a larger composition.
