Title
[Elevations and plans of doorways from Palazzo Tasca at San Giuliano and Civran at San Giovanni Chrisostomo, 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 door with decorated voussoirs and moulded archivolts supported by paired Ionic pilasters between engaged columns under entablature decorated with geometrical motifs and balustrade at left, and arched door with mask as keystone decoration, moulded archivolts and entablature supported by Ionic pilasters at right, 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.