Plate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"
Giuseppe Maria Crespi · Italian, 1665-1747
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Plate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com
Plate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.comPlate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via <a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/met-828868">artnap.com</a><figure><a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/met-828868"><img src="https://img.artnap.com/artworks/met/met-828868/web.jpg" alt="Plate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15)" width="822" height="1200" style="max-width:100%;height:auto" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Plate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno", Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1705-15), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via <a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/met-828868">artnap.com</a></figcaption></figure>
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An etched print shows a figure in a turban and loose garment riding a horse backwards, glancing over his shoulder while holding the reins near the pommel. Tall cypress trees and a distant hillside town frame the open landscape beneath a cloudy sky. The Italian verse inscription below identifies the character and the work's comic tone, and the plate is attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi, dated 1705-15.
