Etching of Michetti's design for the "prima macchina" of 1732

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Michetti's design for the "prima macchina" of 1732

Date:

printed 1732

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is set against the courtyard wall of the Palazzo Colonna. The macchina consists of a rotunda above the clouds set high up on a rocky peak. The god Jove sits under the rotunda on Mount Olympus, surrounded by gods and godesses. The print includes groups of people standing in front of the macchina, as well as a fountain dispensing wine.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 38.5 x 45.6 cm sheet: 39.4 x 47.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:007

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has an old fold and the remains of an album guard on the verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiva della p.ma Macchina de fuochi d'artificio rappresentante il Concilio delli Dei, con cui misteriosamente s'allude, e dà / applauso alla Somma Providenza di S.m.C.C., ch'intende sempre mai indefessa all'aumento, e stabilimento dell'Imperio, e della Pace Universale dell'Orbe Christiano; fatta ardere la med.ma Macchina la sera della Vigilia de SS.Pietro, e Paolo Apostoli, dop= / po presentata alla Santità di N[ost]ro. Sig.re PAPA CLEMENTE XII. da Sua Ecc.za il S.r P[ri]n[ci]pe. D.FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran / contestabile del Regno di Napoli, come Ambasc.re Ces.o perpetuo estraordinario, la Chinea, li 28. Giugno 1732 / Gio. Batt[ist]a. Sintes incise in Roma con lic. de Sup." dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1732"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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