Title
[Elevations and plans of funeral monuments in the Chiesa di San Sebastiano and Chiesa di San Domenico di Castello, 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
Funeral monument from the Church of San Domenico at left, with urn under painting (?) flanked by Doric columns on plinths supporting entablature and pediment within broken segmental pediment, next to monument to Archbishop Livio Podocataro by Jacopo Sansovino at San Sebastiano at right, with sculpture of the Archbishop resting on a fictive sarcophagus on a pedestal within arch decorated with console and tondo flanked by Corinthian columns on a plinth supporting entablature and triangular pediment; each with its scale and plan.
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.