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Bertoldino Falls into the Pond
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bertoldino's belt, to which he had tied four birds to be able to fly, breaks and he falls into the walled pond. 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 descriptionCredit lineBertoldino valt in de vijver. 1710 - 1715. Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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