Title
[Elevation and doorway of the courtyard of Palazzo Pesaro at Sant'Eustachio, 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 one side of the cortile in Ca' Pesaro, with two niches between Doric pilasters under entablatures and broken pediments in the ground floor alternating with lintelled windows between rusticated pilasters surmounted by arched windows and balcony under an attic of plain lintelled windows and cornice with detils at left; lintelled doorway leading to one of the staircases flanked by rusticated columns and arches under segmental pediments at right.
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.