Marcolfa Persuades Cacasenno to Mount a Horse

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Artist: Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, Bologna 1665–1747 Bologna)
Date: 1685–1747
Medium: Red chalk
Dimensions: 7-15/16 x 5-3/4 in. (20.1 x 14.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession no.: 1976.57.3

The Wedding at Cana
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
c. 1686 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000166
Study for plate 4 of Bertoldo, Bertoldino, e Cacasenno (recto); Fragmentary Copy (verso)
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
c. 1705-15 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004564
The Massacre of the Innocents
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
1665–1747 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019819
Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
1709–10 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019820

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.