Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore, 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. Giorgio Maggiore, with lintelled doorway under arch flanked by statues of Saint Stephen and Saint George within niches between giant columns of the Composite order on plinths supporting entablature and triangular pediment with oculus decorated with statues of Christ and angels, while the side wings have urns surmounted by busts within aedicules flanked by paired pilasters under half-pediment with figures of angels; scale at bottom centre.
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.