Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Moise_, 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. Moise_, with arched doorway under entablature surmounted by bust of Vincenzo Fini on truncated pyramid and supported by Composite columns, flanked by lintelled doorways between giant paired columns of the Composite order supporting entablature; thermal window in the central bay of the upper order and broken pediment decorated with sculptures.
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.