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ID: 700000590 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000590 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Disegno della prima machina rappresentante la Reggia d'Orfèo (etching (print); Vasi, Giuseppe (etcher, 1710-1782); probably published 1766; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 672377; (CMalG)1394-070; accession number: P950001** (FF. 36)) | |
Note: The print depicts the daytime view of a pyrotechnical machine built in Rome in the form of an multilevel semi-circular architectural structure, designed by the architect Paolo Posi. The structure also serves as a stage on which Orpheus is seen playing music, surrounded by animals. The machine was erected for a festival known as Festa della Chinea, the annual presentation by the King of the Two Sicilies of a white horse to the Pope on the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (cf. Lotz); Forms part of Brock fireworks collection (Special Collections accn. no. P950001**) Publication: [1766?] | |
Titles: |
Disegno della prima machina rappresentante la Reggia d'Orfèo (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U) |
Macchina by Paolo Posi for fireworks and a performance for the Festa della Chinea in Rome on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in 1766 (C,U,DE,English,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
etching (print) [300041365] (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>) |
prints (preferred) |
Creation Date: probably published 1766 |
Vasi, Giuseppe (etcher, 1710-1782) [preferred,GRISC] |
printmaker Vasi, Giuseppe (Italian printmaker, archaeologist, 1710-1782) [500018222] |
artist Posi, Paolo (Italian architect, 1708-1776) Extent: work depicted [500009113] |
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: 672377; (CMalG)1394-070; accession number: P950001** (FF. 36) |
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: etching |
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>) |
etching (printing process) [300053241] | |
.......(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) |
Dimensions: plate mark 39.7 x 53.9 cm, on sheet 40.3 x 54.7 cm |
events (preferred) |
history and legend |
another work |
machina (structures) [300048776] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by design>, temporary structures) (AAT) |
ephemeral structure [300007997] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by design>) (AAT) |
festivals (celebrations) [300073472] | |
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT) |
Colonna, Lorenzo Onofrio (Italian noble and patron, 1637-1689) [500260808] | |
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN) |
Chinea, Festa della [300404034] | |
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, holidays, local holidays) (AAT) |
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) |
horse (species) [300250148] | |
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT) |
Provenance: From the collection of Alan Brock and his son, Alan St. Hill Brock, English pyrotechnists; Jacques Vellekoop; London; Purchase |
Inscriptions: Disegno della prima machina rappresentante la Reggia d'Orfèo incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sig.r Don Lorenzo Colonna Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli && come ambasciatore straordinario di Sua Maestà il reÌ delle Due Sicilie &&& in congiuntura della presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Signore papa Clemente XIII nella vigilia de gloriosi santi apostoli Pietro, e Paolo l'anno MDCCLXVI. Title engraved below the image.; "Cavaliere Paolo Posi Architetto"--engraved in the lower left below the image.; "Giuseppe Vasi incise"--engraved in the lower right below the image. |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Disegno della prima machina rappresentante la Reggia d'Orfèo | ........ [GRISC,VP] |
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 672377 | |
Macchina by Paolo Posi for fireworks and a performance for the Festa della Chinea in Rome on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in 1766 | ........ [VP] |
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note | |
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP] |
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) |
....................... Lotz, A. Das Feuerwerk p. 7 and p. 17 |
Note: | |
English | ..... [GRISC,VP] |
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) | |
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