Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Pesaro at Sant'Eustachio, Venice].
Creator
Visentini, Antonio, 1688-1782, artist.
Publication details
[between 1730 and 1740]
Physical details
1 drawing : brown ink and grey wash ; sheet 36.5 x 52.5 cm.
Description
View of the fac_ade of Ca' Pesaro overlooking the Rio delle due Torri, with two arched entrances between Doric columns and lintelled windows on the ground and lower floor and two floors of arches between paired pilasters of the Ionic and Composite orders above surmounted by attic of lintelled windows; at right, the end of this side of the palace corresponds to the vestibule and shares the same structure as the main fac_ade.
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.