Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, 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 main fac_ade of the church of Il Santissimo Redentore (or Chiesa del Redentore), with steps leading to arched doorway between columns under pediment flanked by sculptures of Saint Mark and Saint Francis within niches and giant Composite pilasters supporting entablature and pediment, under cornice decorated with an allegory of Faith and two angels; the side wings are covered by half-pediment decorated with statues of Saint Lawrence Giustiniani and Saint Anthony of Padua.
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.