# Blindman's Buff [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VERON, Alexandre Paul Joseph]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on panel, 25 x 35 cm ## Commentary Blindman's buff is a children's game played as early as 2,000 years ago in Greece. To play the standard game of blindman's buff, one player is blindfolded and then disoriented by being spun around several times. The other players, who are not blindfolded, amuse themselves by calling out to the "blind man" and dodging away from him. In the Middle Ages blindman's buff was an adult game, and the blindfolded player was usually struck and buffeted as well, hence "buff." A player touched or caught by the blind man takes on the blindfold. ## Related artworks - [Elegant Party in a Park]() - [Fête Champêtre]() - [Napoleon Visiting the Infirmerie des Invalides]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()