Title
[Elevation of an altar in the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice].
Creator
Visentini, Antonio, 1688-1782, artist.
Publication details
[between 1730 and 1740]
Physical details
1 drawing : brown ink and grey wash, with some graphite ; sheet 36 x 26.7 cm.
Description
Elevation of altar in the church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (or San Zanipolo), with arch with mask as keystone decoration flanked by Composite columns on pedestal supporting segmental pediment with console as tympanum decoration; scale at left and plan below. Annotated in ink with numbers 85.2 and 170.
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.3.