The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1755: A Triumphal Bridge with Antiquities from Herculaneum

1755

Giuseppe Vasi after Paolo Posi (architect)

Associated Names
Giuseppe Vasi

Engraver, Roman, 1710 - 1782

Paolo Posi

Artist After, Italian, 1708 - 1776

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.2 x 54.8 cm (15 1/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.4 x 62.8 cm (17 1/16 x 24 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.111.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Gori Sassoli no. 59

  • 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

1981

  • Scalabroni, Luisa. Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782). Rome: Multigrafica Editrice, 1981, no. 332.

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. 59.

Inscriptions

extensive inscription; lower right in plate: Giuseppe Vasi incise; lower left in plate: Paolo Posi Archit. 1755.

Wikidata ID

Q75406896

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