The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1722: The Temple of Janus

1722

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza after Alessandro Specchi (architect)

Associated Names
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza

Artist, Italian, 1659 - c. 1741

Alessandro Specchi

Artist After, Italian, 1668 - 1729

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 41.7 x 54.7 cm (16 7/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 45.3 x 66 cm (17 13/16 x 26 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.111.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Gori Sassoli no. 1

  • Series Title

    Temporary Structures for the Roman Festival of the "Chinea"


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robin Halwas Ltd., London); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1994

  • Gori Sassoli, Mario. Della Chinea e di altre "Macchine di gioia". Apparati architettonici per fuochi d'artificio a Roma nel Settecento. Milan, 1994, no. 1.

Inscriptions

extensive inscription; lower right in plate: Girolamo Frezza sculp Rom. sup. perm.

Wikidata ID

Q75406893

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