Find thousands of books, manuscripts, visual materials and unpublished archives from our collections, many of them with free online access.
Search for free, downloadable images taken from our library and museum collections, including paintings, illustrations, photos and more.
The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.
- Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516
- Date:
- [between 1600 and 1699]
- Reference:
- 2027432i
- Pictures
- Online
Available online
Licence
Public Domain Mark
You can use this work for any purpose without restriction under copyright law.
Public Domain Mark (PDM) terms and conditions https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Credit: The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
Selected images from this work
View 1 imageAbout this work
Description
The foremost man has a hurdy-gurdy and wears a pilgrim's hat. The follower wears his hat on his back: he seems to be a hunchback. Beyond, two other blind men also fall into the stream as they do not see the nearby walkway across it. In the left background, a house with obstacles in front
Publication/Creation
[Flanders?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image and border 21.4 x 15.6 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Ductorem caeco caecus se praebuit alter, Quod vel nunc usu saepe venire solet. Quid restat nisi quod callis male gnarus uterque Tandem praelargam corruat in foveam?
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2027432i
Reproduction note
Apparently copied from an engraving by Pieter van der Heyden, ca. 1540-1570, after a drawing attributed to Hieronymus Bosch, and printed in the reverse direction to the van der Heyden engraving
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
Where to find it
album of engravings
Location Status Access Closed stores