Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa degli Scalzi, 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 the Scalzi (or Chiesa di Santa Maria di Nazareth), with arched doorway flanked by statues within niches between paired Corinthian columns on plinths supporting entablature and upper order with sculpture of Madonna and Child on pedestal within niche in the central bay, flanked by statues in niches between paired Composite columns surmounted by segmental pediment within triangular pediment decorated with figures of Christ, Adam and Eve.
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.