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Etching of the design for the "prima macchina" of 1747
People:
  • Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (architect)
  • Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (etcher)
  • Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
  • Francesco Scardovelli (engineer)
  • Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
  • Charles III, King of Spain (patron)
Title:

Etching of the design for the "prima macchina" of 1747

Date:

printed 1747

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 46.9 cm (15 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 45,7 x 61,4 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:012

Drawing Type:
  • line drawing
Method of Projection:
  • pictorial drawing
Point of View:
  • general view
  • exterior view
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has a vertical old fold at the c. and is trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "VENUS GENITRIX / Prospettiva della prima Macchina rappresentante il Tempio di Venere Genitrice che dall'antica gentiltà sì osserva anch oggi dà suoi vestigij, esser stato eretto vicino al Seno del Mare, che forma il rinomato por= / to di Baia al Nome della Dea creduta Tutelare de Parti, si viene però à rinovarne al presente l'Idea, applaudendo al felicissimo Parto della REGINA delle due Sicilie per aver dato alla luce un REALE INFANTE Primogenit / Vago, e Rubusto, à sostegno della generosa Regia Prosapia si come con ardentissimi Voti gl'hanno implorato dal Cielo, e sempre più fervidamente adesso gl'implorano una perenne preservaz.e li fedelissmi suoi Sudditi. / Incendiata tal [sic] Macchina da copiosi 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, Grande di Spagna di prima Classe, Gentiluomo della Real Cam.a / Cavaliere degl'Insigni Ordini di S. Gennaro, e del Toson d'Oro, come Ambasc.re estraordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicilie di Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c. à dover presentare il Ceneso, e Chinea la Viglia de / Gloriosi SS. PIETRO, e PAOLO APOSTOLI à Sua Beatitudine PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. l'anno 1747. / Louis Le Lorrain inv. e inc. in Roma con lic. de Sup. Francesco Scardovelli Cap.o Bomb.e, e Cap.o fuocarol.odi Cast S. Ang.o" signed and dated - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.r.: "J.L.LeLorain. in. et fecit / 1747. Rome" numbered and dated - by a later unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "I / 1747" numbered - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "11" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, verso, u.r.: "1747. (1.)" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "Duplicate" [underlined]

Subject:
  • temporary architecture
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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