Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1757

People:

Giuseppe Pozzi (etcher)
Giuseppe Palazzi (draughtsman)
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 1757

Date:

printed 1757

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a fortress which is meant to represent a "Cuccagna" (land of plenty) such as was created in the Two Sicilies. The fortress is decorated with trophies and with game, and is flanked by two fountains.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 36.3 x 53.0 cm sheet: 45.7 x 66.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:026

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 rappresentante una Cuccagna a similitudine di quelle che si fanno nei feliccissimi Regni delle due Sicilie. Incendiata per commando di Sua Ec= / cellenza Il Sig.r Principe DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. &c. Ambascciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicilie &c. &c. &c. / nel giorno de Gloriosi SS. APOSTOLI PIETRO, e PAOLO dopo la presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signor PAPA BENEDETTO XIV. l'Anno 1757. / Giuseppe Palazzi disegnò"; l.l.: "Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Pozzi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1757-II" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "9"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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