Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Loredan at Santo Stefano, 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 two-storey fac_ade of Palazzo Loredan, with arched entrance covered with stone under broken pediment flanked by Ionic engaged columns on the ground floor and arched window with mask as keystone decoration and allegorical figures in the spandrels between engaged columns of the Composite order and arched windows under a frieze decorated with garlands.
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.