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

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

Date:

printed 1751

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

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 47.3 x 35.7 cm sheet: 57.4 x 42.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:018

Drawing Type:
  • line drawing
Method of Projection:
  • pictorial drawing
Point of View:
  • general view
  • exterior view
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has a horizontal old fold through the c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: Prospettiva della Seconda Macchina de Fuochi d'artificio, con cui s'intende di rappresentare, in Idea il Sontuoso Edificio della Sapienza de Studij, e delle Scienze della Real Città di / Napoli essendo stata una delle principali cure, trà l'altre magnanime del gran Cuore di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ delle due Sicilie di Gerusalemme etc. etc. etc. e Suo gran zelo, di ren= / derla tale, che per ogni circostanza possa gareggiare con le più rinomate non solo della nostra Italia, mà di tutta Europa ancora, per li generosi aumenti, ed aiuti contribuiti a tal / lodevole oggetto; Ciò rende sempre maggiore l'applauso, che si dà universalmente alla saggia Sua providenza, et al glorioso Suo Nome, di Sourano benificentissimo de Fe= / deli suoi Sudditi, a quali ne risulta in commune tutto il vantaggio. Incendiata essa Macchina d'Ordine di 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 Real Camera, e Cavaliere degl'Insigni Ordini di S. Gennaro è del Toson d'Oro come Ambasciatore Estraordinario di / SUA MAESTÀ, la Sera della Festa de Gloriosi SS. PIETRO, e PAOLO APOSTOLI, doppo di aver presentato il giorno precedente il Censo, e Chinea a Sua Beatitudine / PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. l'anno 1751. / Paolo Posi Architetto dell'Ecc.ma Casa Colonna Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1751"; verso, l.r.: "1750" dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1751 / II" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "41549 AM [...] / [illeg.] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "22"

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