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ID: 700000538
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000538
Record Type: Movable Work
Macchina pirotecnica sull'Arno ordinata dalla città di Firenze per le nozze delle LL. AA. RR. il principe Umberto e la principessa Margherita rappresentante un ponte trionfale in onore della casa di Savoja (engraving (print); Giovanni Della Longa (Italian engraver, 1823-1888); work dep...; published: ca. 1868; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 553508; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 310))
Note: Engraver, who was active in Rome; The print depicts the fireworks structure designed by the architect Antonio Cipolla and erected on the Arno, on the occasion of the wedding of Duke Umberto of Savoy to his cousin Princess Margherita Teresa Giovanna of Savoy on April 22, 1868; The ephemeral monument features a triumphal bridge adorned with laurel crowns encircling the letters "UM", obelisks, equestrian statues, fountains and tablets bearing the inscription: DAI FORTI / NASCONO / I FORTI; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**). publication: 1868
Titles:
Macchina pirotecnica sull'Arno ordinata dalla città di Firenze per le nozze delle LL. AA. RR. il principe Umberto e la principessa Margherita rappresentante un ponte trionfale in onore della casa di Savoja (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined-P,,)
Fireworks structure on the Arno for the wedding of Duke Umberto of Savoy (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Macchina pirotecnica sull'Arno ordinata dalla città di Firenze per le nozze delle LL. AA. RR. il principe Umberto e la principessa Margherita rappresentante un ponte trionfale in onore della casa di Savoja; [graphic] / comm:re Antonio Cipolla arch. inv. e dir. ; Giovanni della Longa inc. (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
engraving (print) [300041340] (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)
print (visual work) [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: ca. 1868

Creator Display:
Giovanni Della Longa (Italian engraver, 1823-1888); work depicted: Antonio Cipolla (Italian architect, 1822-1874) [preferred,GRISC]
engraver (printmaker) Della Longa, Giovanni (Italian engraver, 1823-1888) Extent: primary work [500353736]
architect Cipolla, Antonio (Italian architect, 1822-1874) Extent: work depicted [500186799]
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: 553508; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 310)
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: engraving
engraving (printing process) [300053225]
.......(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: platemark: ca. 42.8 x 93.8 cm, on sheet: ca. 50.1 x 99.1 cm
General Subject:
architecture (preferred)
funerary

Specific Subjects:
monument [300006958]
.....(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 function>) (AAT)
royalty (nobility) [300188750]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, social classes, <social classes by specific type>, upper class, aristocracy (social class), nobility) (AAT)
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)
Margherita, Queen consort of Umberto I (Italian queen consort, 1851-1926) [500353737]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
weddings (ceremonies) [300069158]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)
depictions (visual works) [300248231]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>) (AAT)
Savoy, House of (undetermined, contemporary) [500233013]
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)
Umberto I, King of Italy (Italian king, 1844-1900) [500353739]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)

Provenance: xxx
Inscriptions: Macchina pirotecnica sull'Arno ordinata dalla città di Firenze per le nozze delle LL. AA. RR. il principe Umberto e la principessa Margherita rappresentante un ponte trionfale in onore della casa di Savoja comm:re Antonio Cipolla arch. inv. e dir. ; Giovanni della Longa inc.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Macchina pirotecnica sull'Arno ordinata dalla città di Firenze per le nozze delle LL. AA. RR. il principe Umberto e la principessa Margherita rappresentante un ponte trionfale in onore della casa di Savoja........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 553508
Fireworks structure on the Arno for the wedding of Duke Umberto of Savoy........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Macchina pirotecnica sull'Arno ordinata dalla città di Firenze per le nozze delle LL. AA. RR. il principe Umberto e la principessa Margherita rappresentante un ponte trionfale in onore della casa di Savoja; [graphic] / comm:re Antonio Cipolla arch. inv. e dir. ; Giovanni della Longa inc......... [GRISC]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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