Etching of Hutin's design for the "prima macchina" of 1743

People:

François Hutin (draughtsman)
François Hutin (architect)
Miguel de Sorelló (etcher)
Francesco Scardovelli (engineer)
Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Charles III, King of Spain (patron)

Title:

Etching of Hutin's design for the "prima macchina" of 1743

Date:

printed 1743

Description:

- This etching for a painted backdrop for a fireworks display includes Venus with her son, the three Fates, and other mythological figures. The signs of the zodiac are present in the background.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.1 x 44.9 cm sheet: 44.2 x 56.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:010

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 down the c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "VENUS FOECUNDA / Prospettiva della Prima Macchina rappresentante Venere Genitrice, sotto figura della quale si allude alla fecondità della MAESTÀ la REGINA delle due Sicilie , la quale / col fausto recente Parto di una REALE INFANTE, sempre più viene a far concepire ferme le Speranze della Prole Maschile a stabilimento della Real Discendenza, per la quale sono / impegnati li communi voti delli suoi Fedeli Sudditi. Fatta ardere la stessa Macchina con abbondanti Fuochi d'Artificio d'ordine di Sua Ecc.za il Sig.r P[ri]n[ci]pe DON FABRIZIO COLONNA / Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. come Ambasciatore estraordinario della MAESTÀ DEL RE delle due Sicilie, di Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c., la Sera della Vi= / gilia de SS. PIETRO, E PAOLO APOSTOLI, doppo di avere il medesimo presentata la Chinea, e Censo a Sua B.ne PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. / l'Anno 1743. / F. Hutin inv., è dis. Michele Sorello inc. con lic. de Sup. Franc[esc]o. Scardovelli Capo Bomb.r, e Capo Fuocarolo di Castel S. Angelo" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1743 / I"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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