Etching of Michetti's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1733
printed 1733
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of a triumphal arch is crowned with a scene of Jove and Minerva on Mount Olympus. The mountain is in the form of an arch, underneath which is a scene of Vulcan at his forge. The illustration includes the Palazzo Colonna to the left, and a fountain dispensing wine.
Etching
plate mark: 45.5 x 36.8 cm sheet: 49.1 x 40.2 cm
DR1988:0437:009
- The sheet has an old fold at the c.
inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiva della Seconda Macchina d'Artifizio, con cui si rappresenta Giove, che insieme con Pallade Dea della Sapienza, assisi in / Trono formato dà Trofei già riportati, stanno consultando i mezzi per mantenere al Mondo il dolce frutto della Pace, che gode. Quindi / si vede sotto di loro Vulcan o inteso alla fabbrica della Armi, e figurasi in tal modo la providenza, ed il Zelo per il publico Bene, in cui si distingue la CESAREA, e CATTOLIC M[AES]TÀ. SUA. Indeniata, la medesima Macchina la Sera della / Festa degl'Apostoli SS. Pietro, e Paolo, d'ordine di S.E. il Sig.r Principe D. FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno / di Napoli, in occasione d'aver presentato il Censo, e Chinea à S. Bne[?] CLEMENTE XII. Sommo Pontefice, come Am= / basciatore straordinario Cesareo, e perpetuo l'Anno 1733. / Domenico Franceschini Incise in R[om]a con L. de S." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1733 (II)"
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