Spiegazione de' bassirilievi : che si osservano nell'urna sepolcrale detta volgarmente d'Alessandro Severo, che si conserva nel Museo di Campidoglio
This 1756 Italian book by Ridolfino Venuti, printed in Rome for a general readership of antiquarians, explains the carved reliefs on the Roman sepulchral urn traditionally called that of Alexander Severus, held in the Capitoline Museum. Its engraved plates show classical figures in processions, chariot scenes, and banqueting groups carved in shallow relief, with a reclining couple on a lid and medallion portraits set between painted-style vases. A designer might draw on their strict frieze layouts, crowded narrative bands, and the even, hatched line of old copperplate engraving.
