Alcuni monumenti del Museo Carrafa
Alcuni monumenti del Museo Carrafa was published in Naples in 1778 by Giovanni Carafa, duca di Noja, as a collection of engraved plates recording ancient antiquities from his own museum. The plates show Greek-style painted vases in black and cream, drawn in outline and flat tone, with figures and ornament set in the black ground. A designer might take from them the strong black-and-cream figure silhouettes, the banded meander borders, and the bold palmette and scroll ornament of classical vase painting.
