Ioannis Baptistae PasserI Pisauren. nob. Eugubini de tribus vasculis etruscis encaustice pictis, a Clemente XIIII P.O.M. in Museum Vaticanum inlatis, dissertatio
A 1772 Florentine dissertation by Giovanni Battista Passeri on three encaustic-painted Etruscan vases moved into the Vatican Museum by Pope Clement XIV, aimed at scholars of antiquity and classical art. Its plates are engraved outline views of each vase, drawn by C. Marconi and engraved by P. Allegrini, showing shapes such as a tall volute krater, a two-handled amphora and a stemmed cup with figures in profile and Greek key borders that a designer could use for classical ornament and neoclassical vase silhouettes.
