Title
[Elevation of the entrance to the courtyard of Palazzo Grimani at San Luca, Venice].
Creator
Visentini, Antonio, 1688-1782, artist.
Publication details
[between 1730 and 1740]
Physical details
1 drawing : brown ink and grey wash ; sheet 36.5 x 52.5cm.
Description
View of the three-storey fac_ade of the side of the courtyard of Palazzo Grimani leading to the vestibule, with arched doorway with console as keystone decoration and medallions in the spandrels between pilasters of the Composite order and lintelled windows under entablatures; scale at bottom left.
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.