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An Album of Prints of the Roman Festival of the Chinea

2016.121.66.1-54
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1752: The Banquet of the Gods in Villa Carl'Amalia in Caserta

2016.121.66.10
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1753: The Temple of Asclepius with the Chariot of the Sun

2016.121.66.11
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1753: The Quarters of the Royal Militia

2016.121.66.12
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks

2016.121.66.13
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: The Palace of Venus in Cyprus

2016.121.66.14
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1755: A Triumphal Bridge with Antiquities from Herculaneum

2016.121.66.15
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1755: A Royal Hunting Lodge

2016.121.66.16
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1756: A Triumphal Arch between Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius

2016.121.66.17
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1756: The Temple of Ceres

2016.121.66.18
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1758: A "Deliziosa" with Hanging Gardens

2016.121.66.19
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1748: The Son of Venus and Mars Presented to the Temple of Minerva

2016.121.66.2
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1757: The Colonnade of the Athenian Lyceum

2016.121.66.20
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1757: The Fortress of Cockaigne

2016.121.66.21
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1758: The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

2016.121.66.22
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1759: A Fortress

2016.121.66.23
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1759: A "Deliziosa" with a Bacchanal

2016.121.66.24
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1760: The Temple of Neptune

2016.121.66.25
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1760: A Chinoiserie Pavilion

2016.121.66.26
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1761: The Salubrious Baths

2016.121.66.27
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1761: A Magnificent Theater

2016.121.66.28
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1762: The Farnese Bull and Other Antiquities from Palazzo Farnese

2016.121.66.29
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1748: The Royal Hunt

2016.121.66.3
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1762: A Kiosk, or Pleasure-House in Ottoman Style

2016.121.66.30
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1763: The Temples of Apollo and Diana

2016.121.66.31
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1763: The Grape Harvest

2016.121.66.32
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1764: A Capitol Building

2016.121.66.33
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1764: A Magnificent Gallery Illuminated at Night

2016.121.66.34
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1766: A Theater for Athletic Games

2016.121.66.35
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1767: A Triumphal Arch with the Farnese Hercules

2016.121.66.36
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1767: Mount Etna with the Forge of Vulcan

2016.121.66.37
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1770: An Roman Building for Commerce

2016.121.66.38
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1770: The Fish Market Portico

2016.121.66.39
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1749: The Temple of Peace

2016.121.66.4
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1771: The Temple of Asclepius

2016.121.66.40
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1771: A Pleasure Palace Dedicated to Bacchus

2016.121.66.41
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1773: The Temple of Peace

2016.121.66.42
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1773: The Preparation of Theriac in Venice

2016.121.66.43
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1774: Hercules and the Dragon in the Garden of the Hesperides

2016.121.66.44
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1774: A Villa with Ancient Monuments and a Game of "Giostra"

2016.121.66.45
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1775: The Capitol Adorned to Celebrate the Arts

2016.121.66.46
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1775: A Bull-fight

2016.121.66.47
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1776: A Pleasure Palace

2016.121.66.48
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1776: A Palace with a Loggia for the Lottery Draw

2016.121.66.49
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1749: The Theater of Herculaneum

2016.121.66.5
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1778: A Countryside Belevedere with Hercules and Antaeus

2016.121.66.50
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1782: The Temple of Janus Built by Numa Pompilius

2016.121.66.51
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1782: A Countryside Festival at Night

2016.121.66.52
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1723: The Temple of Glory

2016.121.66.53
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1723: The Temple of Victory

2016.121.66.54
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1750: The New Pier of Naples

2016.121.66.6
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1751: Triumphal Arch for Roger I of Sicily

2016.121.66.7
The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1751: The Palace of Wisdom, Studies, and the Sciences

2016.121.66.8
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1752: A "Deliziosa" Alluding to Villa Carl'Amalia in Caserta

2016.121.66.9

Inscription

Lettered LL: "Louis Le Lorrain inv. e inc. in Roma con lic. de Sup."

Lettered LC, below image: "VENUS GENETRIX / Prospettiva della prima Macchina rappresentante il Tempio di Venere Genitrice [...] l'anno 1747"

Provenance

Vincent J. Buonanno, Chicago; gift to NGA, 2016.

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. 43.

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