In May, 1796, three days after the entry of the French, a young painter in miniature, slightly mad, named Gros, afterwards famous, who had come with the army, overhearing in the great Caffè dei Servi (which was then in fashion) an account of the exploits of the Archduke, who moreover was extremely stout, picked up the list of ices which was printed on a sheet of coarse yellow paper. On the back of this he drew the fat Archduke;
1796ko maiatzean, frantsesak Milanen sartu eta handik hiru egunera, Gros zeritzan miniaturen margolari ero samar bat Servi kafe etxe handian egokitu zen, artean modako lekua baitzen hura Milanen. Geroztik ospe handia izango zuen Gros hori armadarekin batera etorria zen, eta, kafe etxean artxidukearen balentriak baten bati kontatzen entzutean, hartu izozkien zerrenda, eta, paper hori zatar batean inprimatutako orriaren beste aldean, hantxe marraztu zuen Grosek artxidukea, gizon puska, alajaina!: