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Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1751
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1751
People:
  • Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
  • Paolo Posi (architect)
  • Fabrizio Colonna (patron)
  • Charles III, King of Spain (patron)
  • Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1751

Date:

printed 1751

Description:

- This etching shows a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of a triumphal arch which is raised on a basement and flanked by two columns. Inside the arch is a statue of the Roger, the first Norman King of the Two Sicilies, while the top of the arch is crowned by the arms of the current King of the two Sicilies, Charles Bourbon.

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

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 47.7 x 35.6 cm sheet: 53.1 x 41.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:017

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 across 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 un Arco Trionfale che nella Sua Nicchia di mezzo racchiude la Statua Equestre di Ruggiero Normanno Primo Rè delle due / Sicilie, che le conquistò col suo valore, sottraendole, cioè di quà dal Faro dalla potestà degl'Imperatori di Costantinopoli, e di là, la Sicilia, dà quelle de Saraceni che dalla medesima passavo= / no poi ad infestare le Spiaggie Maritime d'Italia, e della S. Sede, asportandone cò loro saccheggiamenti ricchissime prede, e sino li Tesori delle Basiliche di S. Pietro in Vaticano, e / di S. Paolo fuori delle Mua di Roma; Onde à Conquistatore cosi glorioso fondatore della Pace d'Italia, non meno che Difensore della Cattolica Religione, si è stimato, che con / tale Idea se gli potesse rendere questo onore. Incendiata essa Macchina d'ordine di Sua Ecc.sa 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 Real Camera, e Cavaliere degl'Insigni Ordini di S. Gennaro, e del Toson D'Oro, comme Ambasciatore estraordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ delle due Sicilie, di / Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c. à presentare il Censo, e Chinea la Vigilia de SS. PIETRO, e PAOLO APOSTOLI à Sua Beatitudine PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. l'anno 1751. / Paolo Posi Architetto dell'Ecc.ma Cas Colonna Giuseppe Vasi incise." dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1751 / I" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "21"

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