ID: 700000416 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000416	Record Type: Movable Work

Idea della macchina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S.A.R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria (etching (print); Vasi, Giuseppe (1710-1782); published 1775; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 389788; accession number: P970013**)

Note: The print depicts the forge of Vulcan built around the Antonine column as a stage for fireworks display in honor of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria; During his visit to Rome, he was the guest of the prince Sigismondo Chigi, whose palace faced the Piazza Colonna. In this reconstitution of Virgilian scenery, Vulcan offers arms and armor to the young Aeneas, who symbolizes the youngest son of the Empress Maria Theresa, whose bicephalous eagle decorates the column. Platforms erected on caryatids around the plaza are filled with nobility and trumpeters. The balconies and windows of the surrounding palaces are hung with draperies and full of spectators. The title is inscribed above the scene; to its left is the draftsman's signature "Pietro Camporese Architetto inv." and to its right, the etcher's name "Cav. Giuseppe Vasi scul." The symbolic scene is explained in a long text engraved on the bottom of the plate.

Titles:

Idea della macchina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S.A.R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)

Fireworks macchina with forge of Vulcan and Antonine column honoring Archduke Maximilian of Austria (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

prints (visual works) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: published 1775

Creator Display:

Vasi, Giuseppe (1710-1782) [preferred,GRISC]

printmaker Vasi, Giuseppe (Italian printmaker, archaeologist, 1710-1782) [500018222]

artist Camporese, Pietro (Italian architect, 1726-1781) Extent: work depicted [500033717]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 389788; accession number: P970013**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: etching

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

Dimensions: plate mark 45.5 x 65.5 cm, on sheet 55 x 80 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

history and legend

performing arts

Specific Subjects:

	macchina (festival) [300048776]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by design>, temporary structures) (AAT)

	festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

	Chigi, Sigismondo (Italian noble, 1736-1793) [500353893]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	fireworks (visual works) [300249836]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

	Ferdinand Maximilian, Archduke of Austria (Mexican emperor, 1832-1867) [500342485]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: Robin Halwas London

Inscriptions: Idea della macchina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S.A.R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria Pietro Camporese architetto inv. ; Cav. Giuseppe Vasi scul.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Idea della macchina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S.A.R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 389788
Fireworks macchina with forge of Vulcan and Antonine column honoring Archduke Maximilian of Austria	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) note

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)