Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di San Vitale, 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. Vitale (or Chiesa di San Vidal), with arched doorway under pediment supported by Composite pilasters between urns surmounted by busts within niches and giant paired Composite columns on plinths supporting entablature and pediment decorated with sculptures; the lower side wings have pilasters supporting half-pediments decorated with statues of angels.
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.