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Giuseppe Maria Mitelli Italian
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This print is contained in a book of modern marbled boards with a calf back and corners depict Mitelli's figurative proverbs. The book contains an etched dedication, frontispiece, and 48 numbered plates.
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Title: A Donkey Annoyed by Flies Kicks the Peasant Who Hastens Him, from Proverbi Figurati, plate 35
Series/Portfolio: Proverbi Figurati
Artist:
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (Italian, Bologna (?) 1634–1718 Bologna)
Date: 1678
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (33.9 × 23.2 cm)
Plate: 10 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (27.5 × 20.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1944
Object Number: 44.81.2(37)
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