Cava Rii (Canal Dredgers), published 1753

Inscription

across bottom in plate: Sechemo l'aqua, e prima la se ferma; / Da i rii cavemo el fango col bail, / E in burchiele el portemo in tera ferma. (We stop up the water and empty it out; we dig out the mud from the small canals with shovels, and carry it in barrows to land); lower right in plate: 19

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, England); purchase 1992, by NGA

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