Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1753

People:

Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Paolo Posi (architect)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)
Pope Benedict XIV (dedicatee)
Fabrizio Colonna (patron)

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1753

Date:

printed 1753

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina in the form of an octagonal temple is dedicated to Esculapius. The macchina is flanked by fountains.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

sheet: 40.0 x 56.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:019

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has several old vertical folds and has been trimmed within the plate mark.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Prospetto della prima Machina de Fuochi d'artifizio, rappresentante il Tempio di Esculapio figlio del Sole col Similacro di quella Deità, e di Podalirio, e Macaone di lui figli celebri per aver coll'Arte paterna conservate sotto Troja le pericolanti Milizie del grande Aga / mennone: Eretto sulla informe masse di vari minerali fraquali serpendo le diverse specie de'vegetabili si rendonno avvivate dal benficio Pianeta, che dall'alto del Tempio resplende ad orname l'estrema base, per simboleggiare in quello l'insigne Edifizio, che dalla inesausta, ed al par del / Sole splendida beneficenza del RÈ delle due Sicilie &c. &c. &c. si prepara nella sua Dominante a ricovere, aura, e salute delle invalide sue Milizie. Fatta per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig. Principe D. FABRIZIO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. &c. come Ambas- / ciatore straordinario di S.M. il RÈ delle due Sicilie &c. &c. &c. in congiuntura di presentar la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. nella vigilia de'gloriosi SS. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'anno 1753. / Paolo Posi Architetto Gius. Vasi incise" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "56"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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