Etching of Michetti's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1731

People:

Bartolomeo de Pietri (etcher)
Niccolò Michetti (architect)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (patron)
Pope Clement XII (dedicatee)

Title:

Etching of Michetti's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1731

Date:

printed 1731

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is set against the courtyard wall of the Palazzo Colonna. The lower level of the macchina is built against the courtyard wall of the Palazzo Colonna, while the upper level consists of a triumphal arch flanked by trophies and surmounted by the imperial eagle.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

sheet (trimmed within the plate mark): 38.5 x 46 cm (15 3/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:006

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.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate on the image, u.c.: "IMPERIATORI CAROLO VI MAXIMO [...]"; l.c.: "FABRITIUS COLUMNA / M. REGNI NEAP. [...] D.D. / MDCCXXI"; below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiva della seconda Macchina de Fuochi d'artificio coerente alla Prima quai coriseguenza che si spera della Pace Universale, per il conseguimento della quale / più che i tanti Suoi Eserciti, impiega in oggi S.M.C.C. con forti Trattati tutte le Sue più intese cure. Onde, ben merita, che dal Consense com[m]une / gli venga inalzato à perpetua Memoria l'Arco Trionfale, et Elogij qui sopra ideati nella presente Macchina, che S.E. il S[igno]r Pr[inci]pe D. FABRIZIO / COLONNA Gran contestabile hà fatto erigere, et ardere per gioia, la sera della festa de SS. Pietro, e Paolo Apostoli, adempita la funzi= / one di presentar la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XII in qualità de Ambas.re Cesareo Straord.o l'anno 1731. / Bartolomeo de Petri Incise in R.a con lic. de Sup." dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print within the plate mark, l.l.: "1731 (II)"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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