Zucchini (Rome, 1876)

Zucchini, a young Roman of the Caccia-Club (1876)

Marquis or count Zucchini, one of the young Roman nobles of the Caccia-Club "barcaccia" (with Pandola, Belmonte, Cesaro), a figure of fun for Marie and for Pietro Antonelli, who shares the joke. She first takes him for the man she had called "Cesaro".

In February 1876 Marie calls him «le duc Cesaro qui a ses brigands en Sicile» (054.0133, 15 February) and «Cesaro» (054/1876-02-18, 02-20, 02-25, 02-26), until she corrects herself on 2 March: «Celui que je nommais Cesaro n'est pas plus Cesaro que moi, c'est le marquis ou le comte Zucchini» (055.0026). The Mon Journal t.7 index agrees («Zucchini (comte Antonio) [Cesaro] : 63, 70-72, 75, 87, 90, …»). From April 1876 the «Cesaro» she names beside him («ni Pandola, ni Cesaro, ni Z...zuchini», 057.0103) is a different man: see Cesaro. His first name is Antonio («z.. Zucchini se nomme Antonio», 056/1876-04-01; «Cesaro et Antonio», 060.0021).