Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Geminiano, 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 San Geminiano (or Chiesa di San Gemignano), with lintelled doorway under entablature and pediment flanked by paired Composite columns and arched windows under segmental pediments in the lower order, oculus in the central bay of the upper order flanked by paired Composite columns surmounted by relief of St. Mark's Lion under pediment crowned by cross and linked to the two towers in the side wings by volutes.
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.