Francesco Scipione Maffei

Francesco Scipione Maffei
Engraving by Giovanni Marco Pitteri
Born(1675-06-01)1 June 1675
Verona, Republic of Venice, now Italy
Died11 February 1755(1755-02-11) (aged 79)
Verona, Republic of Venice, now Italy
Occupation(s)Dramatist, Archaeologist, Soldier

Francesco Scipione Maffei (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ʃʃiˈpjoːne mafˈfɛi]; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of Etruscology, he engaged in running skirmishes in print with his rival in the field of antiquities, Antonio Francesco Gori.

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