Irate women attack a man who has betrayed one of them; he defends himself by protecting his head. Engraving by P. da Colle after F. Maggiotto.

Venetiis [Venice] : Ap. N. Cavalli

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 19 x 26.1 cm

Quando persona, che con saldo chiodo / T'abbia già fissa Amor nel cor costante, / Tu veggia, o per violenzia, o per inganno / Patire, o disonore o mortal danno? F. Majotto pinx. P. de Colle sculp. The lettering comes from Lodovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto 42, stanza 1, translated by William Stewart Rose (London: J. Murray, 1823-1831) as follows: "What bit, what iron curb is to be found, / Or (could it be) what adamantine rein, / That can make wrath keep order and due bound, / And within lawful limits him contain? / When one, to whom the constant heart is bound / And linked by Love with solid bolt and chain, / We see, through violence or through foul deceit, / With mortal damage or dishonour meet."

Wellcome Collection 3043716i