ID: 700000521 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000521	Record Type: Movable Work

[Veduta della machina di fuoco artifiziato alta palmi 210, e larga 120 fatta innalzare in Piazza di Spagna dall'emo. e rmo. sig.r cardinal Bentivoglio d'Aragona in occasione dei reciprochi matrimonij fra le reali corone di Spagna e Portogallo, e della ricuperata salute di S.M. catt.ca e del ser.mo principe sposo ...] (engraving (print); Filippo Vasconi (Italian engraver and architect, ca. 1687-17...; Published: 1728; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 643562; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 933))

Note: The ephemeral structure was commissioned by Cardinal Bentivoglio d'Aragona, who had been nominated minister of Spain before the Holy See by Felipe V on 3 November 1726; Title from pencil inscription on verso; The print depicts a fireworks structure erected in Piazza di Spagna in Rome on the evening of July 4, 1728 in celebration of weddings between the House of Bourbon of Spain and the House of Bragança of Portugal, and in commemoration of the convalescence of King Felipe V of Spain; Prince Ferdinando and Princess Mariana Vitória, son and daughter of Felipe V, were given in marriage respectively to Princess Maria Bárbara and Prince José, daughter and son of King João V of Portugal; Designed by the architect Nicola Salvi, the macchina features Hymenaeus seated in front of his royal palace, offering a nuptial torch to Castor and Pollux who represent Ferdinando and José. At top of the palace, Apollo, Fame, and the Muses celebrate the event; The Roman printmaker and architect Filippo Vasconi or Vasconio, nephew of the architect Carlo Fontana, created prints that served as illustrations to architectural treatises and to a publication on fireworks machines; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**); Trimmed in upper and lower margins. Publication: [1728].

Titles:

[Veduta della machina di fuoco artifiziato alta palmi 210, e larga 120 fatta innalzare in Piazza di Spagna dall'emo. e rmo. sig.r cardinal Bentivoglio d'Aragona in occasione dei reciprochi matrimonij fra le reali corone di Spagna e Portogallo, e della ricuperata salute di S.M. catt.ca e del ser.mo principe sposo ...] (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Fireworks structure in Piazza di Spagna in Rome in celebration of weddings between the House of Bourbon of Spain and the House of Bragança of Portugal in 1728 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

[Veduta della machina di fuoco artifiziato alta palmi 210, e larga 120 fatta innalzare in Piazza di Spagna dall'emo. e rmo. sig.r cardinal Bentivoglio d'Aragona in occasione dei reciprochi matrimonij fra le reali corone di Spagna e Portogallo, e della ricuperata salute di S.M. catt.ca e del ser.mo principe sposo ...]; [graphic] / [Gio. Paolo Pannini delin. ; invenzione di Nicola Salvi architetto ; Filippo Vasconi sculp.]. (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

engraving (print) [300041340] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1728

Creator Display:

Filippo Vasconi (Italian engraver and architect, ca. 1687-1730) [preferred,GRISC]

Vasconi, Filippo (Italian engraver and architect, ca. 1687-1730) [500004802]

publishers unknown Italian (Italian cultural designation) [500125250]

Panini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian painter, architect, and scenographer, 1691-1765) [500018296]

Salvi, Nicola (Italian architect, 1697-1751) [500023465]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 643562; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 933)

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: engraving, hand coloring

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

Dimensions: sheet 41 x 46.6 cm, on mount 41 x 46.6 cm

General Subject:

allegory (preferred)

structures

Specific Subjects:

	fireworks structure [300404869]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, supporting equipment) (AAT)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	Bentivoglio d'Aragona, Marco Cornelio (Italian cardinal, 1668-1732) [500353678]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Ferdinand VI, King of Spain (Spanish king, 1713-1759) [500122379]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	fireworks (visual works) [300249836]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	Joseph, King of Portugal (Portuguese king, 1714-1777) [500353680]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	María Bárbara, Queen, consort of Fernando VI, King of Spain (Spanish queen consort, 1711-1758) [500353681]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Mariana Vitória, Queen, consort of José I, King of Portugal (Portuguese queen consort, 1718-1781) [500353682]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Philip V, King of Spain (Spanish king, 1683-1746) [500122373]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Piazza di Spagna [7544541]
	.....(Rome (inhabited place), Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	depictions (visual works) [300248231]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)

Provenance: xxx

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[Veduta della machina di fuoco artifiziato alta palmi 210, e larga 120 fatta innalzare in Piazza di Spagna dall'emo. e rmo. sig.r cardinal Bentivoglio d'Aragona in occasione dei reciprochi matrimonij fra le reali corone di Spagna e Portogallo, e della ricuperata salute di S.M. catt.ca e del ser.mo principe sposo ...]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 643562
Fireworks structure in Piazza di Spagna in Rome in celebration of weddings between the House of Bourbon of Spain and the House of Bragança of Portugal in 1728	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
[Veduta della machina di fuoco artifiziato alta palmi 210, e larga 120 fatta innalzare in Piazza di Spagna dall'emo. e rmo. sig.r cardinal Bentivoglio d'Aragona in occasione dei reciprochi matrimonij fra le reali corone di Spagna e Portogallo, e della ricuperata salute di S.M. catt.ca e del ser.mo principe sposo ...]; [graphic] / [Gio. Paolo Pannini delin. ; invenzione di Nicola Salvi architetto ; Filippo Vasconi sculp.].	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)