Hurdy-Gurdy Player Attacking a Pilgrim
1610-1616
Not on view
Jacques Bellange's print depicts a blind hurdy-gurdy player attacking a man on his religious pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The shallow, stage-like setting is crowded by the two ungainly figures locked in their eternal struggle, while a dog jumping into the fray�probably the companion of the blind musician�underscores the scene's animalistic intensity.
- Artist
- Jacques Bellange (circa 1575-1616)
- Title
- Hurdy-Gurdy Player Attacking a Pilgrim
- Date
- 1610-1616
- Object Type
- Prints
- Medium
- Etching, drypoint, and engraving
- Dimensions
- Image: 12 5/16 x 8 3/8 in. (31.3 x 21.3 cm) (cropped)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
- Accession Number
- 1986.1.51
