Title
[Elevations and plans of doorways from Palazzo Grimani at San Marcuola and 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 x 52.5 cm.
Description
Arched doorway from Ca' Vendramin Calergi (Palazzo Grimani at San Marcuola) at left, with mask as keystone decoration, moulded archivolts and geometrical motifs in the spandrels supported by Ionic pilasters between Corinthian columns under entablature, and arched doorway from Palazzo Grimani at right, with mask as keystone decoration and moulded archivolts between pilasters supporting the entablature; each with its plan and scale.
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.