Title
[Elevation of the high altar in the Chiesa di San Lorenzo, 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
Elevation of the free-standing high altar in the church of S. Lorenzo, with central arch supported by paired Composite columns decorated with garlands, flanked by sculptures of Saint Lawrence and Saint Sebastian within niches, and surmounted by triangular pediment decorated with dentils.
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.