A Temple Dedicated to Peace, for the "Chinea" Festival

1773

Giuseppe Vasi

Engraver, Roman, 1710 - 1782

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.3 x 51.4 cm (15 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 44 x 59.8 cm (17 5/16 x 23 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.56.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Scalabroni 1981, no. 358

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robin Halwas Limited, London; purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Cavalier Paolo Posi Archit.o Giuseppe Palazzi delin.; lower right in plate: Cavalier Giuseppe Vasi incise; across bottom in plate: Disegno della prima Machina rappresentante un Tempio dedicato alla Pace. Incendiata per commando di Sua Eccellenza il Signor DON LORENZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile / del Regno di Napoli &c.&c. come Ambasciatore straordinario DI SUA MAESTA IL RE delle due Sicilie &c.&c.&c. in congiuntura della presentazione della Chinea alla Santità di Nostro Sig.re / PAPA CLEMENTE XIV. nella Vigilia della Festa dei GLORIOSI SANTI APOSTOLI PIETRO, E PAOLO l'anno 1773.; by later hand, upper right: 41; by later hand, lower right: 1773 / I; by later hand, lower center: 4271 / 7; by later hand, lower left: 51/276/8(7)

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75125301

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