A_monkey_working_a_mortar_and_pestle,_below_Lorenzo_Lippi_( )_writing_his_humorous_poem_’Malmantile_Racquistato’,_a_muse_standing_at_left_MET_DP832514

Lorenzo Lippi (1606-1665) writing his humorous poem ‘Malmantile Racquistato’ with a muse standing at left; etching ca 1710-64 by Francesco Zucchi, a bequest of Phyllis Massar to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.