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Bertoldino Whipping Himself to Kill Flies
Image Not Available for Bertoldino Whipping Himself to Kill Flies

Bertoldino Whipping Himself to Kill Flies

Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian (Bolognese), 1665–1747)
early 18th century
Medium/TechniqueEtching
DimensionsSheet: 27.5 x 20.9 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)(irregularly trimmed)
Platemark: 23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Paul J. Sachs and W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number38.2125
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePaul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1878-1965) and W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); their gift to the MFA December 8, 1938