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Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1745: Triumphal Arch for the Return of King Charles of Bourbon to Naples, 1745

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Dimensions

plate: 39.9 × 45.5 cm (15 11/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Vincent Buonanno in Honor of Andrew Robison

Accession Number

2016.121.67.31

Artists / Makers

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

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Lettered LL: "I. Louis Le Lorrein inv. dis. e incise"
Lettered LC: "Prospettiva della seconda Macchina rappresentante il Ritorno del Re delle due Sicilie all Sua fedelissima Citta' di Napoli [...] l'Anno 1745"

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. 40.

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The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1745: Triumphal Arch for the Return of King Charles of Bourbon to Naples, 1745

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