Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Eustachio, 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. Eustachio (or Chiesa di San Stae), with arched doorway supported by Ionic pilasters under entablature and broken pediment decorated with reclining figures and supported by Corinthian columns, flanked by statues within niches and paired giant columns of the Composite order supporting entablature and pediment with oculus; the lower side wings have Corinthian columns surmounted by allegorical sculptures; 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.