The temples of Apollo and Diana built for the first day of the fireworks at SS. Peter and Paul by Paolo Posi
date: label: Date
content: 1763
name: label: Print Maker
content: Giuseppe Vasi, Italian, 1710 – 1782
label: After
content: Paolo Posi, Italian, 1708 - 1776
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. The two circular, domed temples, to which steps lead, are at left (Apollo) and right (Diana) and are connected by a bridge structure. In the background is the Palazzo Franese, decorated for the celebration. In the foreground, workers cut wood while other participants form a procession with smoking vessels. Framing lines. Bottom: "Disegno della Prima Machina rappresentante i Temii...Incendiata per commando di Sua Eccelenza il Sigr DON LORENZO COLONNA Gran Contestabile de / Regno di Napoli S S come Amdella presentazione della Chinea alla Santita di Nostro Signore PAPA / CLEMENTE XIII, nella Vigilia de Gloriosi S. S. Apostoli PIETRO E PAOLO l'anno 1763" / "Paolo Posi Architetto" "Giuseppe Palazzi dis." "Giuseppe Vasi incise."
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: 1924-15-141
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching Paper; watemark: lily in double ovoid topped by V
label: Dimensions
content: 43.7 × 59.5 cm (17 3/16 × 23 7/16 in.)