Menghina with a Basket of Herbs

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 depicts two full-length figures standing on a grassy landscape. The woman stands slightly turned to her side, with her head tilted and looking back towards the viewer. She wears a long dress and holds a basket. The child stands beside her, holding the woman's dress. Both figures are barefoot and the scene is set against bushes and clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.5 × 14.9 cm (8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 31 × 19.5 cm (12 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.43.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 37

  • Series Title

    Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 15)

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. 37.

2014

  • Riccòmini, Marco. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, I disegni e le stampe, catalogo ragionato. Turin, 2014: no. GMC.31.

Watermarks

W d encircled with three-leaf clover shape beneath

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