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Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1749
Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1749
People:
  • Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (etcher)
  • Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (architect)
  • Charles III, King of Spain (patron)
  • Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
  • Giuseppe Silici (engineer)
  • Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Title:

Etching of the design for the "seconda macchina" of 1749

Date:

printed 1749

Form:
works of art
Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)
Stage and Purpose:
  • record drawing
Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 40.3 x 46.6 cm (15 7/8 x 18 3/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 44,4 x 58,2 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:016

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 through the c. Some of the edges are frayed and torn, with some old repairs, and trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

signed - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.l.: "E. Petitot inv. et sculp." inscribed and dated - by an unkown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospettiva della Seconda Macchina de Fuochi d'artifizio rappresentante un Idea alludente alla nuova scoperta del Teatro di Erculano, che il perfetto gusto, ed intendimento dell'antichità Romane / della MAESTÀ del RÈ delle due Sicilie di Gerusalemme, &c., &c., &c., con immenso dispendio, è venuto à ravvivarne la memoria, che s'era cancellata dall'oblivione di tanti Secoli trasandati, e stata tuttavia si può dire ampiamente ricompensata tale spesa, e cura, dalli acquisti d'innumerabili tesori di Statue Equestri Consulari, Busti, Colonne di preziosi marmi, / Inscrizioni, e quel che giunge à maraviglia Pitture di ottimo gusto istoriate, serbate intatte dall'ingiuria di così lunga sepoltura, parendo che la sorte abbia riservato à ricono= / scere unicamente il sublime Merito della MAESTÀ SUA di questo tributo così specioso, per rendere in questo sempre più glorioso IL GRANDE SUO REALE NOME. / Fatta incendiare detta Macchina da Sua Ecc.za il Sig.r P[ri]n[ci]pe. DON FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli, Grande di Spagna di prima Classe, Gentiluomo della Ca= / mera Reale, è Cavaliere degl'Insigni Ordini di Santo Gennaro, è del Toson d'Oro, come Ambasciatore Estraordinario della MAESTÀ SUA, la Sera della Festa delli Gloriosi / SS. PIETRO, e PAOLO APOSTOLI doppo aver presentato il giorno avanti la Chinea, è Censo, à Sua Beatitudine PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. l'anno 1749. / Michelangelo Specchi Architetto Deputato l'Alfiere de Bombard, Giuseppe Silici Capo fuocarolo di Ca[ste]l. S. Angel.o"

Subject:
  • temporary architecture
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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