Our sheet is preparatory to the engraved plate no. 4 published in volume II, entitled Tables, Vases ou Coupes de différentes formes découvertes à Herculanum et conservées dans le Museum de Portici. Other preparatory drawings for this work have survived. A similar sheet is in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and others are kept in Besançon along with a large part of the Pâris collection.