Title
[Elevation and details of Palazzo Labia, Venice].
Creator
Visentini, Antonio, 1688-1782, artist.
Publication details
[between 1730 and 1740]
Physical details
1 drawing : brown ink and grey wash ; sheet 36.5 x 52.5 cm.
Description
View of the fac_ade of Palazzo Labia overlooking the Canal Grande, with arched entrance flanked by lintelled windows in the rusticated lower floor surmounted by two floors of arched windows between pilasters of the Ionic and Composite orders and an attic decorated with eagle between oeil-de-boeuf windows at left; two details of arched doors between Doric pilasters and under entablature at right and scale at bottom left.
Place
Venice (Italy)
Additional information
From a collection of tinted Architectural Drawings of Churches, Palaces, and other edifices in Venice, their plans, elevations, etc. Probably by Antonio Visentini and members of his workshop. Prefixed to each tome are the Arms of Joseph Smith, formerly British Consul at Venice, to whom the work once belonged; and a table in MS. entitled:
Shelfmark
71.i.1.