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Bertoldo Hiding in a Furnace
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.4 x 22.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 22.8 x 15.4 cm (9 x 6 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 22.8 x 15.4 cm (9 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Angus Whyte
Accession Number1977.46
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 28
DescriptionThis impression lacks the inscription "Lud. Matthiol f." in the margin, lower right, that appears in the illustration in The Illustrated Bartsch. It has been abraded out in 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