Jean-Louis Daudet

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

Maker

Jean-Louis Daudet (French, 1695 - 1756), 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
La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Citta di Torino per l’Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali Maestà di Carlo Emmanuele Re di Sardegna e di Elisabetta Teresa Principessa Primogenita di Lorena con l’aggiunta della pubblica Esposizione della Santissima Sindone

Year

1737

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching (printing process), Light weight cream laid paper

Geography

Turin, Place of Publication

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

47.756

Type

Exhibition History

The Festive City
Dec 21, 2012 – Jul 14, 2013

Label copy

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.

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Tombstone

Jean-Louis Daudet (French, 1695 - 1756), printmaker
Giovanni Battista Chais, publisher
Joyful Fireworks Machine representing the Jubilee of the Po (Machina de Fuochi di Gioia rapresentante i giubili del Po) from the book; La Sontuosa Illuminazione della Citta di Torino per l’Augusto Sposalizio delle Reali Maestà di Carlo Emmanuele Re di Sardegna e di Elisabetta Teresa Principessa Primogenita di Lorena con l’aggiunta della pubblica Esposizione della Santissima Sindone, 1737
Etching on paper
Plate: 61 x 40.3 cm (24 x 15 7/8 inches)
Transferred from the RISD Library, Gift of Mrs. Jane W. Bradley in memory of Charles Bradley 47.756

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