The representation of Mount Etna with the forge of Vulcan.
date: label: Date
content: 1767
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. The mountain is surrounded by a wall with huge pedestals with statues of horses at the corners; a fountain is at center front, and above it, on the mount, is Vulcan's forge, with arms scattered about. Aurora in a chariot on clouds above. In the foreground, hay brought in tow ox-drawn carts; figures are standing about a fire. Framing lines. Bottom: "Disegno della Seconda Machina rappresentante il Monte Etna gia rinomato per la favolosa di Vulcano quivi assegnata dal Virgilio. Incendiata...[like -141]...Sicilie S S S la Sera delli 29 Guigno 1767," and similar -141. Signed similar to -141.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-15-142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching Paper; watermark: lily in double ovoid topped by V
label: Dimensions
content: (437 X 602 cm)