Etching of Specchi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1724

People:

Alessandro Specchi (architect)
Francesco Faraone Aquila (etcher)
Pope Benedict XIII (dedicatee)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (patron)

Title:

Etching of Specchi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1724

Date:

printed 1724

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is built against the wall of a courtyard. The lower level of the macchina consists of a rocky cave containing mythological figures. The upper level is a small rotunda containing a statue of Victory surmounted by the Hapsburg double-headed eagle.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 37.9 x 47.7 cm sheet: 42.2 x 51.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:002

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 and small repairs.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate on the image, u.c.: "VIRTVTIS / AEDES"; below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospetto in veduta della Prima Macchina rappresentante il Tempio della Virtù allusiua all'Eroiche Doti di S.M.C.C. fatta ergere per la Presentaz.[ion]e / della Chinea alla S.[an]ta di N[ost]ro S.[igno]re BENEDETTO XIII da S. Ecc.a il Sig.re Prencipe [sic] D. FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di / Napoli Ambasc.re Cesareo Straord.o, è fatta ardere con Fuochi di uago artifizio per lo spazio di un ora la Sera delli 8 Settembre 1724. / Alessandro Specchi Archi. invent. et delin. Francesco Aquila Sculp. con lic de Sup." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1724 / I"

Subject:

temporary architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fountain

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

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