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The image is a title page from a book, consisting of text at the top and bottom. In the center, there is an illustration within a rectangle, showing a scene from a slightly elevated side view. The horizon is depicted above the middle of the rectangle, featuring a cityscape with towers and domes. A tall tower stands prominently on the horizon. The illustration includes a wolf or dog-like animal facing left, with its head slightly turned towards the right. The style of the brushstrokes is reminiscent of classic etching, with fine lines detailing the animal's fur and surrounding foliage. The color palette is monochrome, with different intensities of black and white creating contrast and detail, giving the image a vintage appearance.
National Gallery of Art · Volume
Bertoldo con Bertoldino e Cacasenno
Ludovico Mattioli, after Giuseppe Maria Crespi
- Date
- 1736
- Medium
- volume in original binding (poem in 20 cantos, each by a different author) with 20 full-page etchings and 15 etched tailpieces
- Dimensions
- book: 29.21 × 21.59 × 6.03 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 2 3/8 in.)
- Classification
- Volume
- Accession number
- 2017.158.4
- Credit line
- William B. O'Neal Fund
- Time span
- 1726 to 1750
- Department
- CG-E
Provenance
(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.
NGA object ID 212449. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.