Bertoldo with a Sieve on His Head

c. 1710/1715

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

Associated Names
Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Artist, Bolognese, 1665 - 1747

Ludovico Mattioli

Artist, Italian, 1662 - 1747

The image contains straight lines and curved forms with a figure in the foreground. The figure has a circular object with small holes in place of a head, resembling a colander or sieve, and holds a similar disc in its hands. In the background, there are flowing lines suggestive of hills and sharp, angular lines of trees with windswept branches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 18.9 cm (12 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.43.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 24

  • Series Title

    Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 2)

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. 24.

2014

  • Riccòmini, Marco. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, I disegni e le stampe, catalogo ragionato. Turin, 2014: no. GMC.18.

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