Etching of Specchi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1725

People:

Gasparo Massi (etcher)
Alessandro Specchi (architect)
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (patron)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Pope Benedict XIII (dedicatee)

Title:

Etching of Specchi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1725

Date:

printed 1725

Description:

- This etching for a two-storey fireworks construction or macchina is set against the wall of a courtyard. Above the level of the wall the macchina is is a triumphal arch which frames statues of Peace and Concord sitting arm in arm. The top of the arch is crowned with the Hapsburg double-headed eagle and the sun of Apollo.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 37.2 x 46.6 cm sheet: 41.7 x 54.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:003

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has been trimmed unevenly and has an old fold at the c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate on the image, c.: "PACI ET / CONCORDIAE"; below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospetto in veduta della Seconda Macchina, la quale concatenando al Significato della prima, rappresenta il Typo della Pace, e Concordia, et allude à quella, che con Sommo appla= / uso hà Stabilita S.M.C.C. La medesima in altezza di palmi cento dodici, e lunghezza cento trenta Si trouò eretta, e costrutta à pieno la mattina della Festa de SS. Pietro, / e Paolo Apostoli, e fù fatt'ardere con fuochi di vago artifizio all'uso Napolitano la Sera dell'istessa Festa d'ordine di S.E. il Sr. Pnpe. D. FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran / Contestabile del Regno di Napoli Ambasciatore Cesareo Straordo. per la Presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nro. Sigre. BENEDETTO XIII. l'anno 1725. / Disegno, et invenzione di Alessandro Specchi Architto. dell'Eccma. Casa Colonna Gaspero Massi Sculp. con lic de Sup." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1725/II"

Subject:

temporary architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fountain

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

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