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Jean-Louis Daudet, printmaker

Joyful Fireworks Machine representing the Jubilee of the Po (Machina de Fuochi di Gioia rapresentante i giubili del Po) from the book, 1737

Description

Maker

  • Jean-Louis Daudet, 1695 - 1756, French, printmaker
  • Giovanni Battista Chais, publisher

Title

Joyful Fireworks Machine representing the Jubilee of the Po (Machina de Fuochi di Gioia rapresentante i giubili del Po) from the book

Year

1737

Medium

Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Supports

  • Light weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 61 x 40.3 cm (24 x 15 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Machina de Fuochi di Gioia rapresentante i giubili del Po, Eretta nella Reale Piazza del Castello, dall' Illma: Cittá di Torino in public Aplauso & il felicissimo Arivo de Reggi Sposi Carlo Emanuele Re di Sardegna, ed Elisabetta Teresa Primogenita di Lorena

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Transferred from the RISD Library, Gift of Mrs. Jane W. Bradley in memory of Charles Bradley

Object Number

47.756

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Festive City

December 21, 2012 - July 14, 2013

This fireworks machine was part of the “sumptuous illumination,” by lanterns and torches, of the major buildings in Turin on the occasion of the nuptial alliance between the newly titled Savoy King and his princess cousin. An allegorical representation of the Monteviso, the highest mountain in the Cottian Alps and the source of the Po river that runs alongside Turin, it was erected in the piazza in front of the Royal Palace. The text describes the figures in detail, dwelling on “The River Po,
seated over a great Conch, crowned by reeds, with Remus at his right and leaning on an urn to his left, from which pours a great abundance of water, that divides in many streams and reunites below in a great basin. In front of it were painted various forest deities, and raised on pedestals 4 Atlases, each carrying on his
back a great ball, one representing Sardinia, one Savoy, another Piedmont, and the other Lorraine. All of these balls were destined to throw fireworks…” as were the pine cones, garlands, and statue of Hymen at the top.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Joyful Fireworks Machine representing the Jubilee of the Po (Machina de Fuochi di Gioia rapresentante i giubili del Po) from the book with the accession number of 47.756. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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