Drawings for the Festival of the Chinea. 1755-1782.

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Drawings for the Festival of the Chinea. 1755-1782.

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Preparatory sketches by Paolo Posi and Giuseppe Palazzi for the Roman festival known as the Festa della Chinea (the homage paid in the form of tribute money and a white horse - the "chinea" - to the papacy by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). The princes of the Roman family of Colonna held this Roman festival yearly between 1722-1788, on the eve and feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The drawings are studies either for the "macchine" (elaborate architectural stage-sets to hold fireworks) erected for the event or for the prints issued to commemorate it.

12 drawings : pen and black and brown ink, gray wash, graphite, and black chalk ; 576 x 600 mm. and smaller.

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Posi, Paolo, 1708-1776

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Italian architects, Paolo Posi and his student, Giuseppe Palazzi, were principal architects of the "macchine" for the Chinea festival after 1750. From the description of Drawings for the Festival of the Chinea. 1755-1782. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83630292 ...

Palazzi, Giuseppe, approximately 1740-1810

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