A watercolour of a man shovelling rubbish into a large basket. He wears a short grey jacket, vertically striped red-white breeches, brown socks and shoes, and a brown cap. On the ground lies a broom and a large dustpan.
**Scuazzero — Rubbish collector — Grevembroch 3-129**
This painting depicts a rubbish collector, called a _scoazzér_.
_Scoazze_ means rubbish, and the word is still in common use today in Venice.
Venice used non-biodegradable rubbish to prepare […]
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