Title
[Elevation of Palazzo Mocenigo at San Samuele, 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 fac_ade of Palazzo Contarini dalle Figure (or Palazzo Mocenigo) arranged in three storeys and three bays by a giant order of Composite pilasters, with steps leading to arched entrance under entablature surmounted by paired blind arches flanked by lintelled and arched windows in the basement and ground floor, loggia under entablature and pediment with arched windows under entablatures and pediments in the piano nobile and loggia under entablature flanked by arched windows under entablatures in the upper floor.
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.