Title
[Elevation of the courtyard of Palazzo Cornaro at San Maurizio, 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 36.5 cm.
Description
Elevation of the main side of the cortile at Palazzo Cornaro, with a statue of Neptune within arched niche between Doric columns with their entablature and pediment decorating the well-head in the central bay, rusticated lower storey with arches supported by Doric pilasters, and two storeys of arches between Ionic and Composite pilasters under an attic of oeil-de-boeuf windows.
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.1.