ID: 700001408 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001408	Record Type: Movable Work

Idea della machina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S. A. R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria (etching (print); Giuseppe Vasi (Italian printmaker, 1710-1782); Published: 1775; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2648-377; 648377; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1045))

Note: The fireworks machine was described in an account of the festival: Descrizione de la machina incendiata in Piazza Colonna la sera del dì 27. luglio 1775 in occasione di essere stato decorato il palazzo dell'ecc.ma casa Chigi alla presenza di S. A. R. l'arciduca Massimiliano d'Austria (Rome : G. Bartolomichi, 1775); Sicilian printmaker and painter from Corleone, who moved to Rome in 1736; The print depicts a fireworks display designed by the architect Pietro Camporese and commissioned by Prince Sigismondo Chigi, that was set alight on 27 July 1775 in Piazza Colonna, Rome, in honor of the visit of Archduke Maximilian of Austria; Hand-colored in pink, turquoise, burgundy, violet, blue and red colors, the etching shows the temporary structure that represents Vulcan's forge, erected around the column of Marcus Aurelius. Aeneas, who represents the youngest son of Empress Maria Theresa, is shown being offered the armor forged by Vulcan. Temporary stands are erected along the perimeter of Piazza Colonna; Forms part of the Collection of festival prints, 1530-1887 (Special Collections accn. no. P910002**).

Titles:

Idea della machina 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,undetermined-P,,)

Fireworks machine in the Piazza Colonna on 27 July 1775 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Idea della machina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S. A. R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria; [graphic] / Pietro Camporese architetto inv. ; cav. Giuseppe Vasi scul. (C,U,undetermined,,)

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)

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: 1775

Creator Display:

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

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

designer Camporese, Pietro, II (Italian architect, 1792-1873) [500231370]

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: 2648-377; 648377; (CMalG)1366-954; accession number: P910002** (FF. 1045)

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, hand coloring

	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)

	hand coloring [300133555]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, coloring (process))

Dimensions: plate mark 45.2 x 65.4 cm, on sheet 49.6 x 69.5 cm

General Subject:

events (preferred)

structures

Specific Subjects:

	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)

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

	Aeneas [901000142]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

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

	Column of Marcus Aurelius [700001274]
	.....(Column of Marcus Aurelius [700001274], Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures [700009484], Movable Works [700000002]) (CONA)

	Maximilian Franz Archduke of Austria (Austrian archduke, 1756-1801) [500354502]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Roma [7000874]
	.....(Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Æneid [901002135]
	.....((Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Vulcan [901000947]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Provenance: xxx

Inscriptions: Idea della machina 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 machina 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-) 648377
Fireworks machine in the Piazza Colonna on 27 July 1775	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Idea della machina da incendiarsi in Piazza Colonna la sera de' 27 luglio 1775 alla presenza di S. A. R. l'archiduca Massimiliano d'Austria; [graphic] / Pietro Camporese architetto inv. ; cav. Giuseppe Vasi scul.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

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

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

....................... Lotz, A. Das Feuerwerk p. 15

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