The Blind Hurdy Gurdy Player
1551 to 1600
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper; laid down
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 30 x 17.5 cm (11 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.) support: 33.8 x 19.8 cm (13 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1989.17.1
About the Artist
Jacques Bellange · 1570–1616
Jacques Bellange (c. 1575–1616) was a French artist and printmaker active in the independent Duchy of Lorraine, now part of France. Believed to have been born in the Bassigny region south of Nancy, his early life and training remain sparsely documented, with no records of specific teachers or mentors. He first appears in historical records in 1595 at La Mothe, where he took on an apprentice, sugge...