Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Chiesa di San Francesco de la Vigna and Chiesa di San Martino, 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 portal in the south fac_ade of the Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna leading to the transept at left, with Ionic columns on pedestals supporting entablature decorated with crosses and crowned by monstrance flanked by oval medallions, next to arched doorway in the north fac_ade of the Chiesa di San Martino at right, with coat of arms as keystone decoration, tondi in the spandrels and Corinthian columns on pedestals supporting entablature crowned by volutes; 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.