Study for plate 4 of Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (recto); Fragmentary Copy (verso)
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
c. 1705-15
Medium
Red chalk (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
20.2 × 14.1 cm (8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112323
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...