Woman Searching for Fleas

Woman Searching for Fleas (Italian - Cercatrice di pulci), The Flea (La pulce) or Woman Getting out of Bed (Donna che si alza dal letto) is a 1710-1730 oil on copper painting by Giuseppe Maria Crespi, a painter from Bologna.^[1] The main version is now in the collection of the Uffizi in Florence, whilst variants survive, including one at the Museo nazionale di palazzo Reale in Pisa, also originating in the Guardaroba of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany.^[2]

Woman Searching for Fleas (1710-1730) by Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Art critics are uncertain whether the work is a single one or - as asserted by Longhi^[3] - one in a series of oil on copper works showing scenes from everyday life.

Display history

• Mostra del Settecento bolognese, Bologna, 1935^[4]
• Mostra celebrativa di Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Bologna, 1948
• Artisti alla corte granducale, Firenze, 1969^[2]
• Giuseppe Maria Crespi nei Musei fiorentini, Firenze, 1993