Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa dei Gesuiti, 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 I Gesuiti (or Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta), with lintelled doorway under segmental pediment broken by sculptural group flanked by figures of four Apostles within niches between giant Composite columns supporting entablature decorated with sculptures of six Apostles and lintelled window within shouldered architrave in the central bay, under triangular pediment decorated with statues of the two remaining Apostles.
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.