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Bertoldino Throwing his Strongbox into the Fishpond

Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 28.5 x 20.6 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 23.1 x 15 cm (9 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Paul J. Sachs and W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number38.2122
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 30
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "Lud. Mattioli f." that appears in the impression illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch; it appears to have been abraded out of the plate.
Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenancePaul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878-1865) and W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); their gift to the MFA December 8, 1938