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Marcolfa Finds Bertoldino Hatching Eggs
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.3 x 21 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)(irregularly trimmed)
Platemark: 23 x 15.1 cm (9 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 23 x 15.1 cm (9 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs and W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number38.2123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 31; Le Blanc 23
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "Mattioli del. f." in the margin, lower right, that appears in the illustration in The Illustrated Bartsch.
Marks
Verso, left center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenancePaul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878-1965) and W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); their gift to the MFA December 8, 1938