Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Giovanni di Rialto, 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. Giovanni di Rialto (or Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario), with lintelled doorway under pediment supported by Ionic columns flanked by arched windows between Composite pilasters supporting entablature, large oculus under triangular pediment in the central bay of the upper order and segmental half-pediment above the side wings.
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.