Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1766
printed 1766
Etching
plate mark: 39.8 x 53.9 cm sheet: 45.5 x 66.5 cm
DR1988:0437:035
- The sheet has several old folds, and the edges are uneven.
inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Prima Machina rappresentante la Reggia d'Orfèo. Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r. DON LORENZO 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 MDCCLXVI. / Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto Giuseppe Palazzi delineò Giuseppe Vasi incise"
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