Title
[Elevation of an altar in the Chiesa di San Pietro di Castello, 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
Altar in the church of S. Pietro di Castello, with arch with console as keystone decoration flanked by statues of Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis and paired Composite columns on pedestal supporting entablature and open segmental pediment, surmounted by triangular pediment with oculus as tympanum decoration linked to the entablature by volutes; 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.