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Bertoldino Fastening Geese into His Belt

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

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 28.6 x 20.5 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)(irregularly trimmed)
Platemark: 22.9 x 14.9 cm (9 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Paul J. Sachs and W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number38.2124
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 32
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "Lud. Matthiolus f." that appears in the margin, lower right, in the impression illustrated in The Illustrated Bartsch; it appears to have been abraded out of the plate.
Marks Verso, top center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenancePaul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878-1965) and W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); their gift to the MFA December 8, 1938