Title
[Elevation of the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio, 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 del Giglio (or Chiesa di Santa Maria Zobenigo), with arched doorway with mask as keystone decoration flanked by statues of Antonio Barbaro's four brothers within niches flanked by paired Ionic columns in the lower order, under sculpture of Antonio Barbaro in the central bay of the second order between figures of Honour and Virtue within niches, surmounted by radiused pediment decorated with allegorical sculptures; 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.