Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1770

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1770

Date:

printed 1770

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion, with stands for musicians on either side. The lower level of the macchina represents a series of fish stalls and the architecture is deliberately rusticated, with cracks in the masonry and vines growing on the arches. The upper level consists of one large and four small canopies held up with columns wrapped with wreaths.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 40.9 x 57.8 cm sheet: 42.6 x 57.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:041

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 folds 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 Macchina incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Signor DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. &c. come Ambasicatore / straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicile &c. &c. &c. la sera de' 29. Giugno 1770. Festa de' Gloriosi Santi Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO, in occasione di aver presentata la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIV. / Giuseppe Palazzi delin."; l.l.: "Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Cavaliere Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print mostly outside the plate mark, u.r.: "1776 / 2" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "1770 II"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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