Disegni originali degli eccellenti dipintori napoletani il cavalier Mattia Preti detto il cavalier Calabrese, il cavalier Luca Giordano, ed il signor Francesco Solimena : incisi in rame in modo che se ne esprima il colore, ed il tocco
A Neapolitan book of 1788 published in Naples by the La Marra brothers, reproducing original drawings by Mattia Preti, Luca Giordano and Francesco Solimena as engravings meant to show their colour and touch. The plates are printed on a single page each, some in grey ink and some in red-brown, showing crowded multi-figure compositions with draped fabric, architecture and billowing clouds. A designer could draw on the dense figure grouping, the sanguine wash effect and the swirling drapery as models for layout and tone.
