The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1738: Allegory of Regal Providence
1738
Pierre Parrocel
Artist, French, 1670 - 1739
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 38.5 × 45.8 cm (15 3/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2016.121.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
Gori Sassoli no. 25
Artwork history & notes
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. 25.
Inscriptions
Lettered LL: "Pietro Parrocel dis. e incise"
Lettered LC: "Sicelides Musae paullo maiora canamus [...] l'anno 1738"
Wikidata ID
Q77258610