Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Contarini at San Benedetto, 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 Contarini Mocenigo, with steps leading to arched entrance supported by pilasters and lintelled windows on both sides, surmounted by Serlian window in the central bay of the piano nobile and loggia on the upper floor under a cornice decorated with dentils; pilasters of the Composite order in the corners.
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.