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The image shows a figure standing by a stone well. The person is depicted lifting the lid of a wooden chest placed on the well. The background includes a cloudy sky with lined shading. Italian text is inscribed below the main image.
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The image shows a figure standing by a stone well. The person is depicted lifting the lid of a wooden chest placed on the well. The background includes a cloudy sky with lined shading. Italian text is inscribed below the main image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bertoldino Enraged by the Croaking Frogs

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

Date
c. 1710/1715
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.9 × 14.8 cm (9 × 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 31 × 19.8 cm (12 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.43.8
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 8)
Provenance

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

Watermarks

W d encircled with three-leaf clover shape beneath

NGA object ID 220489. 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.