Etching of Palazzi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1785

People:

Giuseppe Palazzi (architect)
Francesco Barbazza (etcher)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
Pope Pius VI (dedicatee)
Filippo Colonna (patron)

Title:

Etching of Palazzi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1785

Date:

printed 1785

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a temple dedicated to Jove, Juno, and Minvera. The central bay of the temple is surmounted by an attic storey and a pediment, while the two side bays have projecting porticos and low domes. Statues of Juno, Jove, and Minverva crown each bay from left to right respectively.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 51.5 x 37.5 cm sheet: 67.5 x 46.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:055

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 across the c. and the edges of the sheet are uneven.

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "58" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Prima Macchina rappresentante compito il Tempio incominciato da Tarquinio Prisco per dedicarlo a Giove / Giunone, e Minerva, ed istoriato col Prodigio dell'Aruspice Accio Nevio, che alla presenza di quel Rè tagliò con un colpo di Rasojo / una Selce. Incendiata per Comando di Sua Ecc[ellen]za. il Sig.r P[ri]n[ci]pe. DON FILIPPO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di / Napoli &c.&c. come Ambasciatore Straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ delle due Sicilie &c.&c.&c. in congiuntura della Chinea / presentata alla SANTITÀ di N.S. P.P. PIO VI. nella Vigilia dé Gloriosi S.S. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno MDCCLXXV."; l.l.: "Gius.e Palazzi Arch.o inventò"; l.r.: "Fran.co Barbazza incise" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in the plate on the image, c.: "IOVI.IVNONI.MINERVAE.SACRVM"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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