Etching of Palazzi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1778

People:

Giuseppe Palazzi (architect)
Giuseppe Vasi (etcher)
Lorenzo Colonna (patron)
Pope Pius VI (dedicatee)
Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (patron)

Title:

Etching of Palazzi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1778

Date:

printed 1778

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a garden belvedere. The decoration of the macchina includes topiary, a central statue of Hercules, portrait busts, and full figure statues.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate mark: 51.3 x 38.1 cm sheet: 65.9 x 45.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:051

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 across the c.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della prima Macchina rappresentante il Prosepetto d'un Delizioso Belvedere in Villa; Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il / Sig.r Principe DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli, e&; e&; come Ambasciatore Straordinario di SUA MAESTÀ il RÈ / delle due Sicilie, e&; e&; e&; in congiuntura della Chinea presentata alla SANTITÀ di N.S. PAPA PIO VI nella Vigilia dè Gloriosi Santi Apostoli / PIETRO, e PAOLO l'ANNO MDCCLXXVIII."; l.l.: "Giuseppe Palazzi Arch.to inventò"; l.r.: "Cav. Giuseppe Vasi incise" dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "1778" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print outside the plate mark, l.l.: "15"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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