The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1757: The Colonnade of the Athenian Lyceum

1757

Giuseppe Pozzi after Giuseppe Palazzi (designer) and Paolo Posi (architect)

Associated Names
Giuseppe Pozzi

Engraver, Roman, 1723 - 1765

Giuseppe Palazzi

Artist After, Italian, c. 1740 - 1810

Paolo Posi

Artist After, Italian, 1708 - 1776

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 36.2 x 51.6 cm (14 1/4 x 20 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 45.4 x 64.2 cm (17 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.111.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Gori Sassoli no. 63

  • 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. 63.

Inscriptions

extensive inscription; lower right in plate: Giuseppe Pozzi incise

Wikidata ID

Q75406902

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