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A woman is being approached by a man with a quizzing glass while another man lies asleep beside her. Engraving by Antonio Capellan after Giacomo Batta Piazzetta.
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A woman is being approached by a man with a quizzing glass while another man lies asleep beside her. Engraving by Antonio Capellan after Giacomo Batta Piazzetta.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Dorme il marito, ed al furtivo amante: Taci, dice la moglie, e sta in disparte; Ma guarda, e cogli il fortunato istante, Che s'uniscono in Ciel Venere, e Marte. Gio Batta Piazzetta pinxit. inaedibus Bartholomaei Vitturi, Patr. Ven. Ant. Capellan scul. Wagner recognovit etvend. Venis. C.P.E.S.

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