Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1745

People:

Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (etcher)
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (architect)
Charles III, King of Spain (patron)
Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)

Title:

Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1745

Date:

printed 1745

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39,6 x 44,9 cm sheet (irreg.): 41,2 x 53,4 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:011

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.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Felici faustoque Reditu / CAROLI Utriusque Siciliae Regis Hierusalem &c. &c. &c. / Prospettiva della Seconda Macchina rappresentante il Ritorno del / RE' / delle due Sicilie alla Sua fedelissima Città di Napoli, lieta perche sia felicemente uscito dalli pericoli, e fatiche della Guerra / costantemente sofferte dall'intrepido SUO REAL ANIMO diffendendo dagl'Aggressori li confini della Sua Monarchia. Incendiata detta Macchina con abbondanti Fuochi di vago artificio / d'ordine di Sua Ecc.za il Sig.r P[ri]n[ci]pe Don FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli, Grande di Spagna di prima Classe, Gentilomo della Camera Real', e Cav.re degl'Insigni / Ordini di S. Gennaro, e del Toson d'Oro, come Ambasciatore estraord.o della MAESTÀ SUA à presentare la solita Chinea, e Censo alla Santità di Nostro Sig.r PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. / l'Anno 1745. / I. Louis LeLorrein inv. dis., e incise in Roma con lic de Sup." numbered - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "5/170" dated and numbered - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1745 / II" numbered - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "19"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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