Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1772

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1772

Date:

printed 1772

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina represents a game market constructed in the form of a two-storey wall with a central archway. Shops selling game are separated by a giant order of rusticated columns.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.5 x 53.5 cm sheet: 46.5 x 66.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:045

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 - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Seconda Machina rappresentante una Piazza con Mercato di Cacciagione sull'idea di quella della Rotonda di Roma. Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r DON LORÈNZO COLONNA / Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. &c. come Ambasciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicile &c. &c. &c. la Sera de i 29. Giugno 1772. Festa de Gloriosi SS. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO in / occasione d'aver presentata la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PP. CLEMENTE XIV."; l.l.: "Cavalier Paolo Posi Architetto Giuseppe Palazzi delin."; l.r.: "Cavalier Giuseppe Vasi incise" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "9"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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