Title
[Elevation of the Scuola della Misericordia, 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 Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Misericordia, with lintelled doorway within blind arch flanked by arched windows and niches between Composite pilasters surmounted by blind arch in the central bay of the upper order between arched windows and Composite pilasters supporting the entablature and a triangular pediment; 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.