Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1764
printed 1764
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a portico representing a Campidoglio (capitol). The foreground includes a triumphal procession based on antique reliefs.
Etching
plate mark: 39.7 x 53.3 cm sheet: 42.1 x 55.2 cm
DR1988:0437:032
- The sheet has an old fold down the c.
inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della prima Machina rappresentante un Campidoglio. Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli & &. / come Ambasciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle Due Sicilie & & &. in congiuntura della Presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIII. / nella Vigilia de Gloriosi Santi Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno 1764. / Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto Tommaso Catrani disegnò Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.r.: "1764 / I" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "80.-" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "24"
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