Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Contarini at San Vito, 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 dal Zaffo (Palazzo Contarini Polignac), with steps leading to arched doorway below two storeys of arcades supported by columns with medallions decorating the spandrels in the central bay and arched windows on both sides.
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.