Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1756

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1756

Date:

printed 1756

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a temple dedicated to the goddess Ceres. The central pavilion, an archway with two porticoes on both sides, is surmounted by a lattice work dome and there are two lattice gazebos on both sides of the temple.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 37.1 x 53.1 cm sheet: 45.0 x 65.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:024

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 down the c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Seconda Machina colla quale si rappresenta il Tempio di Cerere allusivo alle feconde, e fertili Campagne delle due Sicilie. Incendiata detta Machina per comando di / Sua Eccellenza Il Sig.r DON LORENZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Règno di Napoli & &. Ambasciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il Rè delle due Sicilie & & &. nel / giorno de Gloriosi SS. APOSTOLI PIETRO, e PAOLO dopo la presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. l'Anno 1756 / Paolo Posi Architetto Giuseppe Pozzi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1756 II" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "26"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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