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Marcolfa Finds Bertoldino Sitting on an Egg
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bertoldino sits among the chickens and cranes and broods on a number of eggs. Marcolfa looks at him. Below the representation a three-line rhyme in Italian. Print from a series of eight with the tricks of Bertoldino, part of a series of twenty prints.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMarcolfa vindt Bertoldino broedend op een ei. 1710 - 1715. Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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