VINCKBOONS, David
(b. 1576, Mechelen, d. ca. 1633, Amsterdam)

A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player

c. 1607
Oil on panel, 27 x 38 cm
Private collection

This composition was engraved by Claes Jansz. Visscher with a text referring to an avaricious peasant, called Jorden, who is being pick-pocketed by a child, named, Gauwert while listening to the hurdy-gurdy player.