The Musicians' Brawl  1630

by Georges de La Tour

Two street musicians fight, perhaps over a place to play their instruments. The man on the left, wearing a hurdy-gurdy slung around his shoulders, defends himself with a knife and the crank of his instrument. The man in the center hits him with a shawm, a precursor to the oboe, and squeezes a lemon into his eyes to determine the legitimacy of the old man's blindness. To th...
Size: 
85.7 x 141 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Getty