# Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/blind-hurdy-gurdy-player-rd42d1247355247>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [VINCKBOONS, David](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel, 34 x 63 cm

## Commentary

The painting depicts a blind hurdy-gurdy player, led by a dog. He travels through a village followed by a large group of children. On the left a begging old woman, on the right pancakes are baked.

## Related artworks

- [A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/a-blind-hurdy-gurdy-player-rdf3cb2f8a8ef5e>)
- [An Officer Preparing His Troops for an Ambush](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/an-officer-preparing-his-troops-for-an-ambush-rc8985291ac6a8e>)
- [Distribution of Loaves to the Poor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/distribution-of-loaves-to-the-poor-r486d865a7eaef5>)
- [Elderly Fisherman with a Girl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/elderly-fisherman-with-a-girl-r00e994cc137c77>)
- [Elegant Party in an Ornate Palace Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/elegant-party-in-an-ornate-palace-garden-r292ef1f69cc26c>)
- [Extensive Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/extensive-landscape-rf027135e06682c>)
- [Forest Landscape with Two of Christ&#39;s Miracles \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/forest-landscape-with-two-of-christs-miracles-detail-r75f61e20f12ac9>)
- [Forest Landscape with Two of Christ&#39;s Miracles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/forest-landscape-with-two-of-christs-miracles-r617b4f0c93620c>)
- [Forest Scene with Robbery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/forest-scene-with-robbery-r3d0400f9f7fbce>)
- [Kermis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/kermis-r40442728ac1a7c>)
- [Music-making Company in the Open](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/music-making-company-in-the-open-r328dd99f2584bc>)
- [Peasant Feast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vinckboons-david-r2e4dbe296a75f7/peasant-feast-rf4502325ea111d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)