Portrait of "Nicholas", the Blind Man of Pistoia seated outside with a wind-instrument that he is holding towards an elderly woman seated next to him to blow into.
Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
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Notes:
Ncolo Deto Il Ciecho Da Pistoia. F. Vilamena inuat 1597. Dubrayet fe. (engraver) Text: inflat anus pulfandi artm non, docta, manu gue, et digitis caeci exilit inde melos. Non guod anus pote st, hoc praestat lumie Captus Quod negueum seorsum reddu utegue simul.