Title
[Elevation and plan of the funeral monument to Doge Niccolo_ da Ponte in the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Carita_, 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 cm.
Description
View of the Monument to Niccolo_ da Ponte arranged in three bays on a plinth, with urn on a pedestal surmounted by bust within arched niche in the central bay, flanked by empty niches between Composite columns decorated with garlands supporting the entablature and a pediment decorated with dentils; plan and 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.2.