Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Grimani at San Luca, 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 three-storey fac_ade of Palazzo Grimani, with steps leading to tripartite arched entrance above rusticated basement and between paired pilasters of the Composite order, also used on the two upper floors with alternating lintelled and arched windows, masks as keystone decoration and medallions in the spandrels; details of the consoles under the windows, of the keystone and of the bands of geometrical ornament in the ground floor below.
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.