Plate V, from a series of six illustrations for Aesop's Fable, 'The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey' (Chi vuol de l'opra sua far pago ogn'uno se stesso offende e non contenta alcuno)
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Italian, 1634 - 1718
about 1675-1710
Etching on paper
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 9/16 in. (30.2 × 21.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Barbara G. and Stephen A. Berqquist
2011.55.5
Geography/Culture
Europe, Italy
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
In plate, upper right, numbered: 5; in plate, lower left, signed: G. M. Mitelli F.; in plate, bottom left: Faciam dunque cosi, perche la gente / Non abbia campo piu di mormorare, ; in plate, bottom right: Un dinanzi, un di dietro allegramente / L'Asino prenda, ch' io lo vuo portare.
Published References
Bertarelli, Achille, Le incisioni di Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Milan: Comune di Milano, 1940, nos. 575-580. Donderi, Bruno, "Giovanni Maria Verdizzotti: un favolista italiano del Cinquecento," Ambra 6 (2005): pp. 50-65. Wallace, Richard, "Giuseppe Maria Mitelli," in Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque, exhib. cat., edited by Sue Reed and Richard Wallace, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989, pp. 145-146.
Provenance
Barbara G. and Stephen A. Bergquist, Needham, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2011.
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