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Vasi Giuseppe - Magnifico Arco con il Simulacro di Ercole Tebano (Wonderful Arc with the Ercole Tebano’s Simulacrum) - Etching on paper (1767) - Beautiful Proof, showing the apparatus for firework built by the “Cavaliere Paolo Posi”, designed by “Giuseppe Palazzi”, engraved by “Giuseppe Vasi”. The subject is the machine representing a wonderful Arch with the Ercole Tebano’s Simulacrum shown in occasion of the Feast of S. Peter and Paolo (29th June 1767). Signed on plate lower margin. Original Title with a detailed capture under the picture. In Good condition, except for two ripples of the paper lower margin and usual worn paper on margins. Ref: G. Sassoli, Apparati architettonici per fuochi d'artificio, 1994, p.144, n. 83.