Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1748

People:

Michelangelo Specchi (architect)
Francesco Perziado (draughtsman)
Francesco Perziado (designer)
Miguel de Sorelló (etcher)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
Giuseppe Silici (engineer)
Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Charles III, King of Spain (patron)

Title:

Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1748

Date:

printed 1748

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina consists of a two-storey tempietto set in a inhabited landscape. Men and women in classical dress participate in a hunt in the foreground.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching hand coloured with watercolour and white gouache

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.5 x 46.0 cm sheet: 43.9 x 51.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:014

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 several old folds. The l. edge has the remains of an album guard.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiva della seconda Macchina rappresentante il nobilissimo divertimento, che le MAESTÀ del RÈ, e REGINA delle due Sicilie di Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c. si hanno ultimamente preso / alle famose Caccie di Bovino, in alleviamento delle continue applicazioni degl'affari del Regno, ne quali si trova l'animo Reale indefessamente occupato, per recare à Popoli a se soggetti vantaggi, e sempre maggiori le felicità. Fatta ardere detta Macchina con vaghi, e copiosi Fuochi d'artficio per ordine di Sua Ecc.za il Sig[no]r. P[ri]n[ci]pe. DON FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli, / Grande di Spagna di Prima Classe, Gentiluomo della Camera Reale, Cavaliere degl'Insigni Ordini di S. Gennaro, e del Toson d'Oro, come Ambasciatore estraordinario della MAESTÀ SUA la / Sera dell Festa de Gloriosi SS. PIETRO, e PAOLO APOSTOLI, doppo di avere presentato il giorno precedente il Censo, e Chinea a Sua Betitudine BENEDETTO XIV. l'anno 1748. / Francesco Perziado Spagnolo inv. e dis. Michelangelo Specchi Architetto. Michele Sorellò inc. in Roma con lic. de Sup. l'Alfiere de Bombard.i Giuseppe Silici Capo fuocar.lo di Cast. S. Angelo." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1748 / II" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "12."

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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