Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1761

People:

Paolo Posi (architect)
Giuseppe Palazzi (draughtsman)
Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Pope Clement XIII (dedicatee)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
Lorenzo Colonna (patron)

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1761

Date:

printed 1761

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a bathing pavilion with several fountains. The top of the pavilion is decorated with a trellis archway covered in vines.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.2 x 54.2 cm sheet: 43.7 x 59.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:030

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. and has been trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

numbered - by a later hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "I" inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospetto della Prima Machina rappresentante Magnifico, e delizioso Edificio destinato a salubri Bagni. Eretta per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r D. LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno / di Napoli &. &.c. come Ambasciatore straordinario di S. M. il RÈ delle due Sicilie &. &. &. in congiuntura della presentazione della Chiena alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIII. nella vigi= / lia della Gloriosi SS. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno MDCCLXI."; l.l.: "Paolo Posi Architetto"; b.: "Giuseppe Palazzi disegnò"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1761"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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