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

Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1762

printed 1762

- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a stepped three-storey pavilion representing an Ottoman casino. The lower level is a dining gallery supported by rusticated piers. The cresent is used as a decorative motif throughout the pavilion.

• record drawing

Etching

plate mark: 40.0 x 54.2 cm sheet: 40.3 x 54.6 cm

DR1988:0437:031

• line drawing

• pictorial drawing

• general view
• exterior view

- The sheet has an old fold down the c. and has been trimmed just outside of the plate mark.

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in the plate below the image, l.l. to l.r.: "Disegno della Seconda Machina rappresentante un Kiosè, o sia Casino di Delizia all'uso Ottamano imbandito a diporto. Incendiata per commando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r / DON LORÈNZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli & &. come Ambasciatore Straordinario di S.M. il RÈ delle due Sicilie & & &. la Sera delle 29. Giugno 1762. Festa delli / Gloriosi SS. Apostoli PIETRO, e PAOLO in occasione d'aver presentata la Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore PAPA CLEMENTE XIII."; l.l.: "Paolo Posi Architetto"; b.: "Giuseppe Palazzi disegnò"; l.r.: "Giuseppe Vasi incise." numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "53" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "II"

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