Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa dei Gesuati, 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 Gesuati (or Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario), with lintelled doorway under segmental pediment and plaque within shouldered architrave flanked by sculptures of the Virtues within niches and giant Composite columns supporting triangular pediment with oculus; 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.