Blind Beggar

Langendijk, Dirk, 1748-1805 · [ca. 1750–1920]

Portrait of a blind beggar sitting in a chair outside smoking a pipe and holding out his hat. He has a long beard and one eye socket is dark. One shoe is removed and his bare foot rests on a box. A dog is lying beside him. Text: Ik zit, och arm! voor weer en wind, en zie zeer klaar, schoon zonder oogen, dat veelen meerder zyn als blind, door Onbarmhartigheit Bedroogen Rough translation: I'm sitting, oh poor! weather and wind, and see very clearly, though without eyes, that his more Veelen as blind, pitiless by Heit Bedroogen