Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Chiesa di San Lio and Chiesa di San Geminiano, 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
Arched portal in the main fac_ade of the Chiesa di San Lio at left, with mask as keystone decoration, moulded archivolts, geometrical motifs in the spandrels and columns on pedestals supporting entablature with bucrania and papal symbols in the metopes under pediment decorated with dentils, next to lintelled main entrance to the Chiesa di San Geminiano at right, with columns of the Composite order supporting entablature and pediment; 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.