Bertoldino Lying on a Donkey

Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Ludovico Mattioli

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a donkey standing beside a tree with a figure draped over its back. The scene depicts a rural landscape with a single tree to the left, and the donkey standing on a rocky terrain under a sky with stylized clouds. The figure is lying across the donkey's back. The illustration employs a monochrome palette, executed with fine lines and shading to convey texture and depth. Below the image, there is some text in Italian.