Blind Man and a Woman
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
c. 1686/1688
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.6 × 11 cm (5 3/4 × 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 20.9 × 15.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2013.117.2
About the Artist
Giuseppe Maria Crespi · 1665–1747
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1665–1747) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period whose innovative genre scenes and unorthodox approach to religious painting made him one of the most original artists of early eighteenth-century Bologna. Born in Bologna, he trained under Domenico Maria Canuti, Carlo Cignani, and in the tradition of the Carracci academy, but developed a markedly personal style tha...