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A renowned French artist witnesses the renovation of the roof of Turin's legendary Teatro Regio.
- Technical drawing of the roof of the Royal Theater of Turin, by Louis Poyet.
- One sheet.
- In French.
- 38.4 cm x 24.7 cm.
- Before 1904, in Italy.
- Good condition, right side slightly deteriorated, but without affecting the drawing or the annotations.
- Unique piece.
- Watercolor drawing of a fireworks mechanism, unknown author, probably Louis Poyet.
- One sheet.
- 23.4 cm x 19 cm.
- Supposedly before 1904, Italy.
- Good condition, with one defective corner and a few stains.
- Unique piece.
Original text
"Assemblage de charpente employée tant sur la salle de peinture que sur le parquet de la scène du Théatre Royal de Turin. Dessinée (?) en Italie par Mr Poyet."|"Salle éclairée pour peindre les scènes du Théatre Royal de Turin."
Translation into Portuguese
“Montagem estrutural utilizada tanto na sala de pintura quanto no piso do palco do Teatro Real de Turim. Desenhado (?) Na Itália, pelo Sr. Poyet. "|" Sala iluminada para pintar as cenas do Teatro Real de Turim.”
The Teatro Real of Turin is a monument with exceptional architecture and decoration, a fundamental building for the history of opera, an art born in Italy in the 16th century. Built and inaugurated 40 years before the Scala Theater, in 1740, the Regio would become, from its beginnings, the largest hall in Europe and an international reference in the segment; with famous opera premieres, the hall could accommodate 2500 privileged spectators.
Louis Poyet was the great specialist in the illustrated representation of machines between 1873 and 1910, and his workshop would have more than forty artisans, all faithful servants of the ideology conveyed by the popular magazines of the time: that of an optimistic belief in the material progress of science, a worldview entirely governed by determinism and the most absolute rationality.
About the two pieces, Simone Solinas, archivist of the Teatro Regio, says:
“The larger one is a vertical section of the scenography room, as it was in the old building (1740-1936). The name Poyet is almost certainly Louis Poyet (1846-1913), and the drawings must be from before 1904, because the theater was consistently renovated at the time and the roof structure was replaced with iron beams instead of the old wood. The scenography room was placed on the top floor of the building to take advantage of natural light.
I cannot precisely date the small, colorful drawing. It is, without a doubt, a fireworks stage machine, and it seems to be from the 18th century, when these types of special effects were often put on stage.
Mr. Poyet's most likely objective was to copy a model for the restoration (or for the construction) of a (new) theater. Many engravings of the Teatro Regio were published in Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, and for that reason, it was the most sought-after theater for many decades, and a destination for grand tourists. Poyet felt the need to specify that the drawing was made in Turin, most likely to ensure fidelity to the original building.”
Old documents related to great historical monuments are rare and highly sought after by the public, as they are normally preserved by public institutions or by the archivists of the institution itself. This collection also seems interesting to me because it was made by Louis Poyet, a renowned French artist and passionate about engineering and architecture, at a time when the work required great manual precision and talent, as the author did not have the technological resources we have today.
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