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Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar; this and 63.616.39 (2) are two plates of beggars from the story of Lazaville de Tormes.
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Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar; this and 63.616.39 (2) are two plates of beggars from the story of Lazaville de Tormes.

17th century

Medium

Etching with drypoint; third state of three

Dimensions

13.1 x 11.9 cm

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Thomas Wijck

1616–1677Dutch Republic

Thomas Wyck is best known for painting scenes of popular life set in the squares and courtyards of Rome; he continued to paint such scenes even after he returned to the northern Netherlands. Comment on works: Marines; Genre; Interiors