Title
[Elevation of an altar in the Chiesa delle Cappuccine, 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 35 cm.
Description
Elevation of altar in the church of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore (or Le Capuzine), with arch flanked by niches and giant Composite columns decorated with garlands supporting entablatures, segmental pediment decorated with console and dentils, and attic surmounted by triangular pediment flanked by allegories of Religion and Faith; plan and scale 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.3.