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Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain

The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1747: The Temple of Venus Genitrix, 1747

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Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 39.7 × 47.3 cm (15 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Vincent Buonanno in Honor of Andrew Robison

Catalogue Raisonné

Gori Sassoli no. 43

Accession Number

2016.121.66.1

Artists / Makers

Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (artist) French, 1715 - 1759

Various Artists (artist)

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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.

Associated Names

Buonanno, Vincent J., Mr.

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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