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Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Plate 14: Bertoldino cutting off the ears of a gardener's donkey, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

1705–15
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22.9 × 14.8 cm (9 × 5.8 in)

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