Conza Zocoli — plate 3
The Arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia (1753, 1770, 1785, etc.), by Gaetano Zompini (1700–1778), contains sixty engravings of common, mostly poor people, peddling their trades on the streets of Venice in the mid-1700s.
Text
Col sacco in spalla ziro per città Scarpe, e zoccoli conzo à questo, à quella; E servo el poveretto à bon marcà.
Translation
With the sack on my shoulder, I walk the city
Shoes and clogs I mend for him and for her
And I serve the poor at a good price
Notes
The aspect of charity of the poor for the poorer is quite interesting. It is also worth remembering that these poems were written by a priest — and a friend of Zompini — who probably sympathised with the overall project.
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Bibliography
Zompini, Gaetano. Le arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia inventate ed incise da Gaetano Zompini, Aggiuntavi una memoria di detto autore. Venezia, 1785.
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