Plate 2: Bertoldo holding a tart in his hand and wearing a sieve on his head, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"
Giuseppe Maria Crespi · Italian, 1665-1747
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Plate 2: Bertoldo holding a tart in his hand and wearing a sieve on his head, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com
Plate 2: Bertoldo holding a tart in his hand and wearing a sieve on his head, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.comPlate 2: Bertoldo holding a tart in his hand and wearing a sieve on his head, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via <a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/met-828851">artnap.com</a><figure><a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/met-828851"><img src="https://img.artnap.com/artworks/met/met-828851/web.jpg" alt="Plate 2: Bertoldo holding a tart in his hand and wearing a sieve on his head, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15)" width="818" height="1200" style="max-width:100%;height:auto" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Plate 2: Bertoldo holding a tart in his hand and wearing a sieve on his head, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via <a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/met-828851">artnap.com</a></figcaption></figure>
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An etching shows a standing male figure in loose clothing, with a round sieve balanced on his head and a tart held in one hand, beside a leaning tree and a distant landscape. The lower margin bears an italic verse inscription and the engraver's signature, Giuseppe Crespi. The work is catalogued as Plate 2 from Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno, dated 1705-15, and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
