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Bertoldino Whipping Himself to Kill Flies
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.5 x 20.9 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)(irregularly trimmed)
Platemark: 23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul J. Sachs and W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number38.2125
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 34; Le Blanc 26
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "Lud. Mattioli f." that appears in the margin, lower right, in the illustration in The Illustrated Bartsch. It appears that it may have been abraded out in the plate.
Marks
Verso, 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