Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Chiesa di San Salvador and Chiesa dei Gesuati, 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 doorway in the main fac_ade of the Chiesa di San Salvador at left, with mask as keystone decoration, moulded archivolts, geometrical motifs in the spandrels, and paired Corinthian columns supporting the entablature and a pediment decorated with dentils, next to lintelled doorway in the main fac_ade of the Chiesa dei Gesuati at right, with Corinthian columns supporting entablature and segmental pediment decorated with dentils; 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.