A Royal Hunt Casino in the Countryside, for the "Chinea" Festival, 1755

Not on View

series Title

Temporary Structures for the Roman Festival of the "Chinea"

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 38.2 x 54.4 cm (15 1/16 x 21 7/16 in.)

sheet: 45.3 x 63.7 cm (17 13/16 x 25 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1997.111.3

Artists / Makers

Giuseppe Vasi (engraver) Roman, 1710 - 1782

Paolo Posi (artist after) Italian, 1708 - 1776

Image Use

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

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

Halwas Limited, Robin

1981: Scalabroni, Luisa. Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782). Rome: Multigrafica Editrice, 1981.