Title
[Elevation of the Basilica 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
View of the fac_ade of the church of S. Pietro di Castello, with lintelled doorway between Composite pilasters supporting entablature and pediment flanked by paired giant Composite columns on tall plinths and niches in the central bay crowned by pediment decorated with Papal arms, while the two side wings are finished by half-pediments under a plain parapet; 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.