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The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1767: Mount Etna with the Forge of Vulcan

Giuseppe Vasi

1767

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Romanticism 18th Century

Dominant colour

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1767: Mount Etna with the Forge of Vulcan is a 1767 ink by Giuseppe Vasi, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Giuseppe Vasi
When & what style?: 1767 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This print shows a wild scene of a volcano erupting. Smoke and fire shoot high into the sky. Below, people and animals scramble around a stage set that looks like a mountain. The tiny text at the bottom says this was made for a big event in 1767. It’s not a painting—it’s an etching, which means the artist scratched the design into metal. Look up etching to see how this printmaking technique works.