Giuochi atletici,1766,Viewing Boxes,Men Wrestling,Clock,Archway,Soldiers,Tents

Title: Giuochi atletici / Giuseppe Palazzi delineò ; Giuseppe Vasi incise.
Creator(s): Vasi, Giuseppe, 1710-1782, engraver
Related Names:
Palazzi, Giuseppe, ca. 1740-1810 , artist
Posi, Paolo, 1708-1776 , architect
Date Created/Published: 1766.
Summary: Print showing a large semi-circular building with viewing boxes overlooking a stage where men are wrestling; there is a tall archway, topped with a clock, that connects the two sides to form a half-circle. There are tents, vendors, pedestrians, and a band of soldiers drilling, in the foreground.
Notes:
Title from item.
At head of title: Disegno della Seconda Machina rappresentante i.
Caption continues: Incendiata per comando di Sua Eccellenza il Signor Don Lorenzo Colonna Gran Contestabile del Regno di Napoli &. &. come Ambasciatore straordinario de Sua Maestà il Rè della due Sicilie &. &. &. la sera delli XXIX. Giugno Festa dei Gloriosi Santi Apostoli Pietro, e Paolo, in occasione d'aver presentata la Chinea alla Santità de Nostro Signore Papa Clemente XIII. l'Anno MDCCLXVI.
Cavalier Paolo Posi Architetto.
Forms part of: Charles A. Browne collection.
Subjects:
Open-air theaters--1760-1770.
Wrestling--1760-1770.
Athletes--1760-1770.
Sports spectators--1760-1770.
Engravings--Italian--1760-1770.
Bookmark /2011647450/
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