Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1764

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1764

Date:

printed 1764

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion curved around a semi-circular space creating a "stage" area in which men are engaged in wrestling.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.7 x 53.9 cm sheet: 45.3 x 66.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:036

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 below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Seconda Machina rappresentante i Giuochi atletici. Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Signor DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di / Napoli &. &. come Ambasciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ delle due Sicilie &. &. &. la sera delli XXIX Giugno Festa dei Gloriosi Santi Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO, in occasione / d'aver presentata la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIII. l'Anno MDCCLXVI. / Giuseppe Palazzi delineò"; l.l.: "Cavalier Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1764"; and u.l.: "67 [written upside down] / [illeg.]" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "67"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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