Pietro Antonio NOVELLI (1729-1804)
Il "Vecchio sabbadin"
Pen and brown ink on paper backed (tears, creases)
Le "Vecchio sabbadin"
Plume, encre brune sur papier contrecollé déchirures, pliures)
H_31 cm L_21 cm
Inscribed at the bottom / Annotations dans la partie inférieure : "Il vecchio sabbadin qui per fortuna Capitato é dal mondo della Luna
Con tartare siffatte ed arti stranrane Che di cucina fa scappare i cani" (The old sabbadin here luckily happened to be from the world of the Moon With such tartare and strange limbs that he makes dogs run away from the kitchen)