Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1754

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1754

Date:

printed 1754

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a garden pavilion, including a large central and two side fountains with running water. The pavilion is set off by four obelisks.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 38.1 x 54.8 cm sheet: 45.7 x 66.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:021

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has three old vertical folds and has been trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Colla presente Machina, nella quale si vedono campeggiare principalmente quantità di fontane di vive Acque, si è voluto simboleggiare la Magnifica, e del RÈ delle due Sicilie & & &. degnissima intrapresa di condurre dalle remoti sorgenti / loro ad onta de più insuperabili ostacoli della natura le Acque colà dove più ne abbisognavano a giovamento de Popli, ed a fornimento delle Realli Deliziose: Eretta fù detta Machina per comando di Sua Ecc.za il / Sig.r Principe D. FABRIZIO COLONNA gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli & & come Ambasciadore straordinario di S. M. il RÈ delle due Sicilie & & & . in congiuntura di presentare la Chinea alla Santità di / Nostro Signore PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. nel giorno de gloriosi SS. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno 1754 / Paolo Posi Architetto inv. Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1754 / II"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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