Wellcome Collection
A drunken husband lies sleeping as his young wife plots furtively with her lover, an oriental soldier. Engraving by A. Capellan after G. B. Piazzetta.
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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, in ædibus Bartholomaæi Vitturi, Patr<iciani> Ven<eti> Ant. Capellan scul. Wagner recognovit et vend. Ven<eti>is C.P.E.S.
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