Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Balbi at San Toma_, Venice].
Creator
Visentini, Antonio, 1688-1782, artist.
Publication details
[between 1730 and 1740]
Physical details
1 drawing : brown ink and grey wash ; sheet 52.5 x 36.5 cm.
Description
View of the fac_ade of Palazzo Balbi, with steps leading to three arched entrances flanked by pilasters under open pediment in the central bay and broken pediments on both sides; the rusticated basement and two lower floors are surmounted by two piani nobili with loggias in the central bay flanked by lintelled windows under broken pediments, with oeil-de-boeuf windows framed by scroll moulding in the attic and two pinnacles above the cornice.
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.