Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Chiesa di Santa Margarita and Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, 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 in the main fac_ade of the Chiesa di Santa Margherita at left, between paired columns of the Composite order supporting entablature and pediment decorated with dentils; at right, arched doorway that provides access to the Seminario Patriarcale from Campo della Salute, with consoles as keystone and tympanum decoration and columns of the Composite order supporting entablature and broken 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.