Bertoldo Riding a Donkey

c. 1710/1715

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Artist, Bolognese, 1665 - 1747

Ludovico Mattioli

Artist, Italian, 1662 - 1747

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.9 × 14.8 cm (9 × 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 19.1 cm (12 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.43.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 23

  • Series Title

    Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 1)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 23.

2014

  • Riccòmini, Marco. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, I disegni e le stampe, catalogo ragionato. Turin, 2014: no. GMC.17.

Inscriptions

upper right in grapite: undeciperhable; in plate, below image, at left: Gios. Crespi In.; in plate, below image, at center: In compagnia di Mosche, e di Taffani Và Bertoldo dal Ré su'una Carogna, E sembra il General de Corteggiani; lower right in ink; undeciperhable 17.

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