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
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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

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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

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