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Plate 17: Marcolfa shows Cacasenno a horse, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"
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Plate 17: Marcolfa shows Cacasenno a horse, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

1705–15

Medium

Etching

Tags

HorsesChildrenWomen

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 8 15/16 × 5 7/8 in. (22.7 × 15 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giuseppe Maria Crespi

1665–1747 • Papal States

He was an influential painter of the late Bolognese school. His religious and mythological works are characterized by a free brushstroke and a painterly manner. He also painted genre scenes that were among the first accomplished Italian paintings depicting contemporary life, using dramatic chiaroscuro and brilliant color. Comment on works: Genre; Religious; Mythology; Landscapes

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