Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Chiesa della Santa Croce and San Simeone Piccolo, 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 52.5cm.
Description
Lintelled doorway from the Chiesa della Santa Croce at left, with Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment decorated with dentils broken by carved plaque depicting Christ's Stigmata, next to lintelled doorway from the Chiesa dei Santi Simenone e Giuda at right, with Corinthian columns supporting entablature and segmental pediment on pedestal; 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.