Straatmuzikant met draaiorgel

About this artwork

Een straatmuzikant met een draaiorgel.

Art Historical Context

**Straatmuzikant met draaiorgel (Street Musician with Barrel Organ)** *Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, etching, 66 × 104 mm* Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet (1825–1882), a Dutch artist known for his intimate genre scenes, captures the everyday vibrancy of 19th-century street life in this delicate etching. The work depicts a lone straatmuzikant—or street musician—accompanied by a draaiorgel, the hand-cranked barrel organ that was a familiar sight in Dutch cities. These mechanical instruments, popular from the early 1800s, produced cheerful tunes via pinned barrels, drawing crowds for pennies and evoking ...

About the Artist

Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet · 1815–1882

Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet (1815–1882) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and museum curator whose career bridged artistic practice and cultural preservation. Born in Leiden in 1815, Cornet devoted his life to documenting Dutch history and culture through his paintings and drawings while simultaneously working to preserve the nation's artistic heritage as head of Leiden's Prentenkabinet (Prints Cabin...