Vasi Giuseppe - Campidoglio Festivamente Ornato (Capitol festively decorated )
- Etching on paper (1775)
Lot 92 · Auction 05 - Old Master Prints and Maps · 15 April 2025
Estimate: £400 - £500
Beautiful Proof, showing the apparatus for firework built by the “Cav. e Arch.” Paolo Posi, drown by “Giuse. Palazzi”, engraved by “Cava. Giusep. Vasi”. This wonderful Etching represents the Capitol festively decorated in occasion of the Feast of S. Peter and Paolo (29th June 1775). Signed on plate lower margin.
Original Title with a detailed capture under the picture. In Very Good condition.
Ref: G. Sassoli, Apparati architettonici per fuochi d'artificio, 1994, p.155, n. 97.