Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1769

People:

Giuseppe Palazzi (draughtsman)
Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Paolo Posi (architect)
Lorenzo Colonna (patron)
Pope Clement XIV (dedicatee)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1769

Date:

printed 1769

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a two-storey garden pavilion flanked by four obelisks. The representation includes trees and two fountains in the background and a herd of oxen in the foreground.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.8 x 54.5 cm sheet: 44.5 x 60.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:038

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 Prima Machina rappresentante una Deliziosa Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &. &. / come Ambasicatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ delle due Sicilie &. &. &. in congiuntura della presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIV. nella / vigila de Gloriosi Santi Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO l'Anno 1769. / Giuseppe Palazzi disegnò"; l.l.: "Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Vasi incise" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "6" [written upside down] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "62"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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