Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa, 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. Maria Formosa, with lintelled doorway under bay leaf moulding supporting sarcophagus and statue of Admiral Vincenzo Cappello in the central bay, flanked by aedicules and Corinthian pilasters supporting entablature and pediment decorated with semicircular window and urns on pedestals; 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.