Etching of Palazzi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1785

People:

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

Title:

Etching of Palazzi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1785

Date:

printed 1785

Description:

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a three-tiered pavilion. The central and lateral bays are surmounted with peacocks.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Etching hand coloured with watercolour and gouache

Dimensions:

plate mark: 51.9 x 37.6 cm sheet: 54.8 x 40.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0437:056

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Seconda Macchina rappresentante un Luogo di Delizia dove colla decorazione di una piacevole Bambocciata, / si dispone il Volo di un Pallone Aerostatico. Incendiata per Comando di Sua Eccza. il Sig.r P[ri]n[ci]pe. DON FILIPPO 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 1785. Festa de Gloriosi S.S. Apostoli PIETRO e PAOLO in occasione d'aver presentata la Chinea / alla SANTITÀ di N.S. P.P. PIO VI."; l.l.: "Gius. Palazzi Arch.to inventò"; l.r.: "Franc[esc]o Barbazza incise." numbered ? - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print below the image, l.l.: "[illeg.] / 101" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "48"

Subject:

temporary architecture

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

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