Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci, 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 S. Giorgio dei Greci, with arched doorway under triangular pediment flanked by arched windows under pediments and Doric pilasters in the ground floor, large oculus in the central bay of the upper order flanked by niches under segmental pediments and Corinthian pilasters surmounted by a tall aedicule linked to the triangular pediments of the side wings by volutes; 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.