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The image contains straight lines and curved forms with a figure in the foreground. The figure has a circular object with small holes in place of a head, resembling a colander or sieve, and holds a similar disc in its hands. In the background, there are flowing lines suggestive of hills and sharp, angular lines of trees with windswept branches.
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The image contains straight lines and curved forms with a figure in the foreground. The figure has a circular object with small holes in place of a head, resembling a colander or sieve, and holds a similar disc in its hands. In the background, there are flowing lines suggestive of hills and sharp, angular lines of trees with windswept branches.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bertoldo with a Sieve on His Head

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

Date
c. 1710/1715
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.) sheet: 31 × 18.9 cm (12 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.43.2
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (plate 2)
Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

NGA object ID 220483. 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.