Bertoldino Lying on a Donkey

c. 1710/1715

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

Associated Names
Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Artist, Bolognese, 1665 - 1747

Ludovico Mattioli

Artist, Italian, 1662 - 1747

This is a drawing of a donkey standing beside a tree with a figure draped over its back. The scene depicts a rural landscape with a single tree to the left, and the donkey standing on a rocky terrain under a sky with stylized clouds. The figure is lying across the donkey's back. The illustration employs a monochrome palette, executed with fine lines and shading to convey texture and depth. Below the image, there is some text in Italian.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.8 × 14.6 cm (9 × 5 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 19.3 cm (12 3/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.43.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 29

  • Series Title

    Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 7)

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. 29.

2014

  • Riccòmini, Marco. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, I disegni e le stampe, catalogo ragionato. Turin, 2014: no. GMC.23.

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