Etching of Michetti's design for the "prima macchina" of 1731

People:

Niccolò Michetti (architect)
Giovanni Battista Sintes (etcher)
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (patron)
Bartolomeo Poli (architect)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Pope Clement XII (dedicatee)

Title:

Etching of Michetti's design for the "prima macchina" of 1731

Date:

printed 1731

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is set against the courtyard wall of the Palazzo Colonna. The macchina is three stories in height: the basement level is attached to the wall of the Palazzo Colonna and includes three depictions of military scenes. The second level contains an inscription dedicated to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, which is flanked by statues of Hercules and Minerva. The top level includes a statue of Atlas carrying the globe surmounted by the imperial eagle.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 38.7 x 46.0 cm sheet: 42.7 x 57.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:005

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has several old folds, tears, and small losses, some of which have been repaired.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate on the image, c.: "IMPERATORIS CAROLI VI MAXIMI [...]"; below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiua [sic] della Prima Macchina de Fuochi d'artificio, con cui vengono à dimostrarsi in poco li poderosi apparati de Guerra fatta dà S.M.C.C. / à difesa di ciascuna Parte dell'Imperio conforme s'esprimono nell'Inscriz. posta in fronte alla meda. Macchina, con la quale s'intende far quel pla= / uso che è tanto giusto alla somma Providenza del suo vigilantisimo animo nella cura, e preservaze. dell'Imperio istesso; incendiata essa / Macchina, la sera della Vigilia de SS. Pietro, e Paolo Apostoli, doppo presentata la Chinea alla Santà di N[ost]ro. Sig[no]re. PAPA CLEMENTE XII. dà S.E. il S[igno]r. Prencipe D. FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli come Ambasc[iado]re Cesareo Straord[in]o l'anno 1731. / Bartolomeo Poli inv. Gio. Batta. Sintes Incise in Rom. con lic. de Sup." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1731 (I)"

Subject:

temporary architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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