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Bertoldino Lying on a Donkey

Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 30.3 x 22 cm (11 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.8 x 14.8 cm (9 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Angus Whyte
Accession Number1977.47
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 29
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "Lud Matthiolus del f" in the margin, lower right, that appears in the illustration in The Illustrated Bartsch. It has been abraded out in the plate.
Marks Verso, left center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAngus Whyte, Boston; his gift to the MFA March 9, 1977