Hurdy Gurdy Collection

Portrait of Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
865102 Portrait of Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett; (add.info.: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1849-1902) English Conservative politician born in America

Group of German musicians. Mid 16th century (engraving)
528000 Group of German musicians. Mid 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Man on left is holding a hurdy-gurdy, also known as the peasant lyre. Man in the center is playing bagpipes)

The Quiet Street, a Sketch from a Study Window, 1856. Satirical print showing a noisy London street: a brassband
FLO4995451 The Quiet Street, a Sketch from a Study Window, 1856. Satirical print showing a noisy London street: a brassband, Masaniello's pipe organ, a hurdy gurdy, blackface musicians

A one man band
5312063 A one man band; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a one man band. He is managing to entertain people with a Hurdy Gurdy, Pan Pipes, Spoons, Drum, Triangle, Cymbals, Bells)

Bell Harp and Hurdy-Gurdy, 1888
1578375 Bell Harp and Hurdy-Gurdy, 1888; (add.info.: Bell Harp and Hurdy-Gurdy. The Bell Harp's invention is credited to John Simcock, a soldier, in 1700)

Various musical instruments. 1: Forms of Hurdy-Gurdy, also called Peasant Lyre, 2: Keyed violin, 3: Straw Violin
528008 Various musical instruments. 1: Forms of Hurdy-Gurdy, also called Peasant Lyre, 2: Keyed violin, 3: Straw Violin, 4: Hunting Horns, 5: Triangle, 6: Bells, 7: Tambourine or Moorish Drum

Beggar's breakfast with old Ghironda player, c.1720-1730. Creator: Cipper, Giacomo Francesco (1664-1736)
Beggar's breakfast with old Ghironda player, c.1720-1730. Found in the Collection of the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia.

Hurdy-Gurdy player. From the Series "Cris de Paris" (The Cries of Paris), 1815. Private Collection

Hurdy-Gurdy Player Attacking a Pilgrim, c1614. Creator: Jacques Bellange
Hurdy-Gurdy Player Attacking a Pilgrim, c1614

The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy, c1660. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy, c1660

Farmers interior, family in the kitchen, 1834-1892. Creator: Hendrick Jacobus Scholten
Peasant interior, family in the kitchen, 1834-1892. A hurdy gurdy player warms his hands over the cooking fire, while women serve food and work with yarn. Note child in baby walker, and stable behind

"The Parish Beadle" - painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. - from the National Gallery, 1856. Creator: Unknown
"The Parish Beadle" - painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. - from the National Gallery, 1856. Engraving of a painting

Country Kermis, 1680-1704. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
Country Kermis, 1680-1704. Feast day of St Martin: woman playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing the flute. Note child on hobby-horse

Portrait of a woman playing the hurdy-gurdy, c1740. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a woman playing the hurdy-gurdy, c1740

A Convivial Gathering with a Man Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy. Creator: Giuseppe Bernardino Bison
A Convivial Gathering with a Man Playing a Hurdy-Gurdy

Toy Bank: Monkey and Hurdy-Gurdy, c. 1939. Creator: Parker Cushman
Toy Bank: Monkey and Hurdy-Gurdy, c. 1939

Jean Rameau - Master hurdy-gurdy player
Jean Rameau (1852-1931) - Master hurdy-gurdy player, multi-instrumentist and songwriter from central France (Berry). The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand

Merry-go-round and Christmas Decorations at Mariensztat Market Square, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

The hurdy-gurdy player, 1783 (oil on canvas)
904882 The hurdy-gurdy player, 1783 (oil on canvas) by Watteau, Louis Joseph (Watteau de Lille) (1731-98); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, France; (add.info.: by Louis Joseph)

The Organ Grinder, c. 1865-75 (oil on canvas)
7081872 The Organ Grinder, c.1865-75 (oil on canvas) by Morgan, William (19th century); 45.7x66 cm; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA; North Carolina Museum of Art

17th century Dutch hurdy-gurdy man in tall cap and cape. 1803 (engraving)
7233099 17th century Dutch hurdy-gurdy man in tall cap and cape. 1803 (engraving) by Deuchar, David (1743-1808); Private Collection; (add.info)

Musicien (Sas Musician) - Portrait d un musicien, en habit traditionnel, avec son instrument
FIA5330376 Musicien (Sas Musician) - Portrait d un musicien, en habit traditionnel, avec son instrument, une sorte de vielle verticale a deux cordes tendues

Ms Hunter 229 f. 21v Detail showing musicians, from the Hunterian Psalter, c. 1170 (pen & ink and tempera on vellum)
GUL174586 Ms Hunter 229 f.21v Detail showing musicians, from the Hunterian Psalter, c.1170 (pen & ink and tempera on vellum) by English School

"Le concert prive"(House concert) Une famille reunie dans un interieur modeste en Belgique ecoute un musicien
FIA5326042 " Le concert prive" (House concert) Une famille reunie dans un interieur modeste en Belgique ecoute un musicien jouant de la vielle a roue

"Un ange en vert jouant de la viele (vielle)"Peinture de l entourage de Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci)
FIA5383354 " Un ange en vert jouant de la viele (vielle)" Peinture de l entourage de Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452-1519) vers 1490-1499 Londres National gallery by Vinci

Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c. 1843. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c. 1843

Village Fete (Saint Georges Fair), from a Teniers series, Brussels, c. 1710. Woven at the workshop of Gaspard (Jasper) van der Borcht, after a design by David II Teniers

The Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1515. Creator: Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen
The Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1515

At left four shepherds with musical instruments seated under a group of trees... ca
At left four shepherds with musical instruments seated under a group of trees; at right a hilly landscape with buildings, ca. 1517

The Blind Hurdy Gurdy Player. Creator: Jacques Bellange
The Blind Hurdy Gurdy Player

Postcard depicting a hurdy gurdy player and the score sheet of a bourree, c
REV382793 Postcard depicting a hurdy gurdy player and the score sheet of a bourree, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: carte postale)

Miss Anne Gore as a Savoyarde, 1774 (oil on canvas)
FRL316238 Miss Anne Gore as a Savoyarde, 1774 (oil on canvas) by Zoffany, Johann (1733-1810); 122x97.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The instrument makers workshop, detail from plate XVIII from the
STC82083 The instrument makers workshop, detail from plate XVIII from the Encyclopedia of Denis Diderot (1713-84) and Jean le Rond d Alembert (1717-83) 1751-72 (engraving) (detail of 84222)

Mms 9961-2 Historiated Initial B from the Peterborough Psalter depicting King
REV107469 Mms 9961-2 Historiated Initial B from the Peterborough Psalter depicting King David playing the harp, English, (c.1310-20) (vellum) by English School

The Music Lesson (oil on canvas)
PWI94905 The Music Lesson (oil on canvas) by Italian School, (16th century); 102x85 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Private Collection, Monaco); ePeter Willi; Italian, out of copyright

The Hurdy Gurdy Player (oil on panel)
CH401840 The Hurdy Gurdy Player (oil on panel) by Kessel, Jan van, the Elder (1626-79); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player surrounded by Children in a Village, c. 1610 (oil on panel)
990259 A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player surrounded by Children in a Village, c.1610 (oil on panel) by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); 46x66.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Lovers at a window
RAF81417 Lovers at a window by Verkolje, Nicolaes (1673-1746); 45.7x38.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Dutch, out of copyright

Village Scene with Musicians, 1659 (oil on panel)
808683 Village Scene with Musicians, 1659 (oil on panel) by Droochsloot, Joost Cornelisz. (1586-1666); 34.5x50 cm; Private Collection; Photo eRafael Valls Gallery, London, UK; Dutch, out of copyright

Hurdy-Gurdy Player, 1695 (pen and black ink, with black chalk and touches of black crayon
2971793 Hurdy-Gurdy Player, 1695 (pen and black ink, with black chalk and touches of black crayon, on cream japanese paper) by Dusart

Letter I (chromolitho)
3626570 Letter I (chromolitho) by Zweigle, Walter (1859-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter I. Illustration from Welt-ABC (Gustav Weise, Stuttgart, c1894).); © Look and Learn

Wedding of Bressan Ebaudes in 1913. Postcard sent in 1913
660445 Wedding of Bressan Ebaudes in 1913. Postcard sent in 1913. by French Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; © Look and Learn

Gathering of Gamblers with Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c. 1660 (oil on canvas)
488247 Gathering of Gamblers with Hurdy-Gurdy Player, c.1660 (oil on canvas) by Master of the Processions (fl.1650); 94.93 x 165.1 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Portrait of Jacques Offenbach (1819-80) engraved by Paul Emile Destouches (1794-1874
CBF171096 Portrait of Jacques Offenbach (1819-80) engraved by Paul Emile Destouches (1794-1874) (litho) by Mailly, Hippolyte (b.1829); The Cobbe Collection Trust, UK; French, out of copyright

Plate XVIII: The instrument makers workshop and tools
STC84222 Plate XVIII: The instrument makers workshop and tools, from the Encyclopedia of Denis Diderot (1713-84) and Jean le Rond d Alembert (1717-83), 1751-72 (engraving) by Benard

Ms Fr 22532 fol. 336 Concert, from the Des Proprietez des Choses
BNP159937 Ms Fr 22532 fol.336 Concert, from the Des Proprietez des Choses by Barthelemy l Anglais (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

"Portrait de jeune fille a la vielle a roue"
FIA5405655 " Portrait de jeune fille a la vielle a roue" (Portrait of a Girl With Hurdy Gurdy) Aquarelle anonyme vers 1800 Collection privee by Anonymous; Private Collection; Photo eFine

Portrait of a lady playing a hurdy-gurdy (oil on canvas)
997171 Portrait of a lady playing a hurdy-gurdy (oil on canvas) by Nonotte, Donat (1708-85) (attr. to); 82.6x66.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

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The hurdy-gurdy, a unique and enchanting musical instrument, has captivated people throughout history. From the Merry-go-round and Christmas Decorations at Mariensztat Market Square in Warsaw to the beautiful paintings depicting its players, this instrument holds a special place in our cultural heritage. Dating back centuries, the hurdy-gurdy has been portrayed in various forms of art. In an oil painting from 1783, we see a skilled musician playing this instrument with passion and skill. Another painting from the 19th century showcases an organ grinder with his trusty hurdy-gurdy by his side. Even older depictions can be found in engravings and manuscripts. A Dutch engraving from 1803 shows a hurdy-gurdy man wearing a tall cap and cape, adding an air of mystery to his performance. In another artwork by Mikhail Vasilyevich Le Dantyu from the late 19th century, we witness a Sas musician dressed in traditional attire playing this vertical vielle with two strings. The significance of the hurdy-gurdy is not limited to Europe alone; it has also made its mark on other continents. The Hunterian Psalter from around 1170 features detailed illustrations of musicians playing various instruments including the hurdy-gurdy. This demonstrates how far-reaching its influence was even during medieval times. In Belgium, families would gather for house concerts where they would listen attentively to talented musicians playing their beloved vielle à roue or wheel fiddle as it is known there. Leonardo da Vinci's entourage even depicted an angel playing this instrument in one of their paintings dating back to the late 15th century. Throughout history, artists have captured moments featuring village fairs where villagers joyfully danced along to melodies played on these magical instruments. Paintings like Charles Emile Jacque's "Hurdy-Gurdy Player" transport us back to simpler times when music brought communities together. The hurdy-gurdy has also found its place in religious art.