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This is an image of a person falling alongside birds in flight. The scene includes a person falling and a flock of birds flying in the air with another figure standing at the edge of a structure. The drawing features architectural elements and a caption below the image.
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This is an image of a person falling alongside birds in flight. The scene includes a person falling and a flock of birds flying in the air with another figure standing at the edge of a structure. The drawing features architectural elements and a caption below the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bertoldino Falling into a Fish Pond

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

Date
c. 1710/1715
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 22.9 × 14.7 cm (9 × 5 13/16 in.) sheet: 31 × 19.9 cm (12 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.43.11
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 11)
Provenance

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

NGA object ID 220492. 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.