Etching of Michetti's design for the "prima macchina" of 1733

People:

Niccolò Michetti (architect)
Giovanni Battista Sintes (etcher)
Pope Clement XII (dedicatee)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (patron)

Title:

Etching of Michetti's design for the "prima macchina" of 1733

Date:

printed 1733

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of a triumphal arch, is surmounted with a scene of Apollo and the Muses on Mont Parnassus. The illustration also includes the Palazzo Colonna and a fountain dispensing wine.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 45.7 x 36.8 cm sheet: 46.6 x 37.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:008

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 at the c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiva della Prima Macchina de Fuochi d'Artifizio rappresentante il Monte Parnasso, sù di cui si vede Appollo [sic] con le nove Muse, e sotto un Bac= / canale di Satiri, e Sileni, intese quelle à nobili Studij, e questi à tripudij, e Feste, alludendosi con ciò alla felicità de tempi correnti tranquil= / li, che dalle provide disposizioni di S.R.M.C., e C., si diffondono non solamente per tutto il Romano suo Imperio, che insieme à tutta l'Europa, che grata celebra le glorie dell'Augustissimo suo Nome. Fatta incendiare la sudetta Macchina dà S.E. il Sig[no]r. Principe / D.FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli, come Ambasciatore Cesareo Straordinario, e perpetuo, la sera della vigilia de SS. Pietro, e Paolo Apostoli, doppo avere il giorno istesso presentato à Nome di S.M. il solito Censo, e Chinea / alla Santità di CLEMENTE XII. Sommo Pontefice l'anno 1733. / Gio. Batt[ista]. Sintes Incise in R[om]a. con Lic. de Sup." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print within the plate mark, l.l.: "1733 / I" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "V14 [underlined] / 4272"

Subject:

temporary architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fountain

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

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