Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1771

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1771

Date:

printed 1771

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is dedicated to Bacchus. The central pavilion contains a statue of Bacchus seated on a wine keg and the attic level consists of a trellis covered in grape vines. To either side of the central pavilion ruined archways frame scenes of people pressing grapes.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 39.6 x 55.1 cm sheet: 44.5 x 60.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:043

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has three old vertical folds.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Secondo Machina rappresentante un Luogo di Delizia dedicato a Bacco. Incendiata per commando di Sua Eccellenza il Signor DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran / Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &c. &c. come Ambasciatore straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ IL RÈ delle due Sicilie &c. &c. &c. la sera de 29. Giugno 1771. Festa de Gloriosi Santi Apostoli / PIETRO e PAOLO in occasione d'aver presentata la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIV."; l.l.: "Cavalier Paolo Posi Archit.o Giuseppe Palazzi del."; l.r.: "Cavalier Giuseppe Vasi incise" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "7" [written upside down] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "60"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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