Caption:
Pasquino or Pasquin, an antique Hellenistic statue of Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus rediscovered in the Palazzo Braschi, Rome, in the 15th century. A talking statue with many cartellini, or satirical verses in Italian and Latin, and drama masks and hats. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.