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Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Plate 15: Menghina leaving the garden with a basket filled with herbs and encountering Cacasenno, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

1705–15
Etching
22.7 × 14.9 cm (8.9 × 5.9 in)

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