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Street Musicians at the Door
is an
oil-on-canvas painting
by the
Dutch Golden Age
artist
Jacob Ochtervelt
, painted in
Rotterdam
in 1665. It depicts a mother, child and maid from a wealthy family interacting with two musicians at the door of their house. The musicians are playing a
violin
and a
hurdy-gurdy
. It is an example of an "entrance hall painting", a genre pioneered by Ochtervelt. The work is now in the collection of the
Saint Louis Art Museum
in
St. Louis
, Missouri.
Painting credit:
Jacob Ochtervelt
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