Disegno della Prima Machina rappresentante la Reggia d'Orfèo: Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Sign[or] Don Lorenzo Colonna, ... nella Vigilia de Gloriosi Santi Apostoli Pietro, e Paolo l'Anno MDCCLXVI

Posi, Paolo, Vasi, Giuseppe, Posi, Paolo [Ill.], Palazzi, Giuseppe [Ill.], Vasi, Giuseppe [Bearb.] · 1766 · 2 pictures

An 1766 Italian etched plate from a Roman festival book, illustrating a fireworks machine called the Palace of Orpheus, designed by Paolo Posi with engraving by Giuseppe Vasi and Giuseppe Palazzi, made for the Colonna family's celebration of Saints Peter and Paul. The two scans are the same plate, one with a light-coloured mount and colour bar at the edge. The engraving shows a symmetrical classical facade with a tall central arch, sculpted urns and statues along the roofline, a fountain basin in front, and small figures in the foreground, offering a designer a clear model for symmetrical architectural staging and baroque garden perspective.

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