Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1753

People:

Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Paolo Posi (architect)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1753

Date:

printed 1753

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion commemorating the munificence of the King towards his people and his troops. The pavilion is flanked by military trophies and two fountains topped by rostral columns.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 40.7 x 57.3 cm sheet: 45.5 x 66.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:020

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 vertical folds. The collector's mark in the u.r. corner has been removed.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Celebratasi colla Machina della precedente sera la beneficenza del Rè delle due Sicilie verso i Suoi Popoli, e Milizie, si rappresenta in questa il giubbilo delle medesime, che dalla gratitudine eccitate, eriggono dal loro maggior Quartiere alla gloria / immortale dell'Invittissimo Soverano vari pomposi militari Trofei, date all'aria le gloriose insegne della M.S. e de Sudditi Règni fatta la suddetta Machina per comando di S.Ecc[ellen]za il Sig. Principe D. FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del / Règno di Napoli &c. &c. come Ambasciatore straordinario di S. M. il RE delle due Sicilie &c. &c. &c. in congiuntura di presentar la Chinea alla Santità di N. Signore Papa BENEDETTO XIV. nel giorno de Gloriosi SS. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno 1753. / Paolo Posi Architetto Giu Vasi inc" dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the print outside the plate mark, u.l.: "Anno 1753"; verso, u.r.: "1753. (&)" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1753-II" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "hsss" [?]; u.r.: "Duplicato" [underlined]; and l.r.: "40"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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