Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Salvador, 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. Salvador (or Chiesa di San Salvatore), with arched doorway under entablature and triangular pediment decorated with the figures of Adam and Eve reclining by the Tree of Knowledge, flanked by lintelled windows and giant Composite columns on plinths surmounted by Palladian window in the central bay of the upper order flanked by pilasters and fielded panelling under triangular pediment and cornice decorated with statues of the Four Evangelists; 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.