Bertoldo Riding a Donkey, c. 1710/1715

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series Title

Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 1)

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.9 × 14.8 cm (9 × 5 13/16 in.)

sheet: 31 × 19.1 cm (12 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 23

Accession Number

2020.43.1

Artists / Makers

Giuseppe Maria Crespi (artist) Bolognese, 1665 - 1747

Ludovico Mattioli (artist) Italian, 1662 - 1747

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Cortona, Enrico

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.