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Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks"
1754
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- graphite with pen and brown ink with gray wash
- Dimensions
- sheet: 33.8 × 45.6 cm (13 5/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2016.179.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Paolo Posi. Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks". National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Study for "The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1754: An Allegory of Waterworks" — Paolo Posi. 1754.
Medium: graphite with pen and brown ink with gray wash.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 33.8 × 45.6 cm (13 5/16 × 17 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2016.179.1. Gift of Vincent Buonanno in Honor of Andrew Robison.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.