Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Cornaro at San Maurizio, 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 Cornaro (Palazzo Corner), with steps leading to tripartite portal in the rusticated lower storey, above an ashlar basement and below two floors of arched windows with balustrades between paired columns in the Ionic and Composite orders and attic of oeil-de-boeuf windows framed by scroll moulding.
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.