Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Battaglia 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 52.5 x 36.5 cm.
Description
View of the four-storey fac_ade of Palazzo Belloni Battaglia, with steps leading to arched entrance under pediment supported by Ionic pilasters flanked by lintelled windows and surmounted by arches with masks as keystone decoration between pilasters of the Composite order; broken pediments in the piano nobile, lintelled windows in the attic, decoration of crescent moon and stars under the cornice and two pinnacles above.
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.