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Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Plate 16: Menghina quiets Cacasenno with a chestnut cake, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

1705–15
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22.6 × 14.9 cm (8.9 × 5.9 in)

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