Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Man
around 1640 | Francisco de Herrera d. Ä.
The misery of impoverished itinerant musicians is depicted in this close-up half-length portrait, which, influenced by Dutch genre paintings and the early works of Caravaggio, is created in warm-brown colour-tones and strongly accentuated light with pronounced use of shadow. Francisco de Herrera was Velázquez’s first teacher in Sevilla.
The misery of impoverished itinerant musicians is depicted in this close-up half-length portrait, which, influenced by Dutch genre paintings and the early works of Caravaggio, is created in warm-brown colour-tones and strongly accentuated light with pronounced use of shadow. Francisco de Herrera was Velázquez’s first teacher in Sevilla.
Artist:
Francisco de Herrera d. Ä. (um 1585 Sevilla - 1656 Madrid) DNB
Time:
around 1640
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Spanish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
71,5 x 92 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 9552
Provenance
1962 dedication Rudolf Count Czernin