Inscription: Signed with the signet (a snake and bat wings) and the date 1530, on the tree trunk. Inscribed on the cartellino at the upper left: DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO. / FVRANTI DIGITVM SEDVLA PVNXIT APIS. / SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET MORITVRA VOLVPTAS / QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET [As Cupid was stealing honey from the hive / A bee stung the thief on the finger / And so do we seek transitory and dangerous pleasures / That are mixed with sadness and bring us pain]
