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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.)
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
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
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