Historie van Bertoldo, Bertoldino en Cacasenno

About this artwork

Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

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...