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Bertoldo Putting the Jailer into a Sack
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.8 x 22.7 cm (11 3/4 x 8 15/16 in.)(irregularly trimmed)
Platemark: 22.6 x 15.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
Platemark: 22.6 x 15.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Angus Whyte
Accession Number1977.45
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 27
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "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 of the plate.
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAngus Whyte, Boston; his gift to the MFA March 9, 1977