 The scene was modeled on a Roman altar in Naples that in the 18th century was in the collection of the Prince of Francavilla and illustrated in Bernard de Montfaucon's 1757 "Recueil d'Antiquités".The Piranesi Vase and the so-called Warwick Vase are among the most ambitious restoration projects in which Piranesi was involved.Each vase was depicted by three plates in "Vasi, Candelabri e Cippi", a compilation of etchings produced in 1778.