Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1757

People:

Giuseppe Palazzi (draughtsman)
Giuseppe Pozzi (etcher)
Paolo Posi (architect)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
Lorenzo Colonna (patron)
Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1757

Date:

printed 1757

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is intended to resemble the portico of the Parthenon in Athens. Each of the bays of the portico is decorated with a portrait medalion of a philosopher placed on the entablature. The portico is flanked by statues of river gods.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 36.3 x 51.8 cm sheet: 43.5 x 60.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:025

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 on the image, u.c.: "ARTES ATHENIS / PARTHENORÈM INVECTAE"; c.l. to c.r.: "SOCRATES [THE]MISTOCHLES DEMOSTHENES ARISTIDES PLATO"; below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Prima Machina rappresentante i Magnifichi Portici d'Athene. Incendiata per commando di Sua Ecc[ellen]za il Sig.r Prin[ci]pe DON LORÈNZO COLONNA / Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli & &. come Ambasciatore straordinario di S.M. il RÈ delle due Sicilie & & &. in congiuntura della presentazione della Chinea alla / Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. nella Vigilia de Gloriosi Santi APOSTOLI PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno 1757. / Giuseppe Palazzi disegnò"; l.l.: "Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Pozzi incise" dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, u.r.: "1757 / Giugno 28" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "I757 I" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "15" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "80.-"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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