Wellcome Collection
A doctor surrounded by four dead bodies writes out a prescription at a table, while to the right a man puts his sword into his scabbard after killing a man; indicating that the pen of the physician is mightier than the knight's sword. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli.
Giuseppe Piattoli
Lettering: Vale più la penna del medico, che la spada del cavaliero. Raro se pugna, ammazza il cavaliero,/ Ma in oggi alcuni medici balordi/ Manderanno i malati al cimitero/ A seppellirsi a mazzi come tordi. ; G.i. Piattoli inv.
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