The Blind Beggar Tricked by Lazarillo

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Thomas Wyck
Dutch, 1616-1677

Thomas Wyck illustrated several scenes from the anonymous Spanish picaresque novella, The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of his Fortunes and Adversities. Treated as a heretical tract in Catholic Spain (where the Spanish Inquisition was still active), the tale was also published in Antwerp in 1555. In this etching, the unscrupulous protagonist is apprenticed to a blind man, on whom he practices the arts of stealing and subterfuge.

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Artist: Thomas Wyck
Title: The Blind Beggar Tricked by Lazarillo
Place: Holland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1636–1677
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 12.7 × 11.4 cm (5 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 24.1 × 19.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Philip Pinsof
Reference Number: 1987.201
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