Title
[Plan of Palazzo Balbi at San Toma_, 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
Plan of Palazzo Balbi, with three sets of steps leading to the central cortile, to one of the rooms at left and to a gallery at right and monumental staircases on both sides, one accessed from the courtyard and the other from a lateral entrance to the palace; 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.