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An episode in Baldo by Teofilo Folengo (Merlin Cocai): at a festive dance, Cingar pretends to stab Berta in a fit of jealousy; he had fitted a canister of blood under a white scarf round her neck, so that he could appear to kill her and then revive her. Etching.

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On the right a man plays the bagpipes. The dance celebrates the feast of "Saints Brancato and Umbro."

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An episode in Baldo by Teofilo Folengo (Merlin Cocai): at a festive dance, Cingar pretends to stab Berta in a fit of jealousy; he had fitted a canister of blood under a white scarf round her neck, so that he could appear to kill her and then revive her. Etching.