Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Umilta_ and Chiesa di San Marcuola, 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 from the Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Umilta_ at left, with console as keystone decoration and paired columns of the Composite order on pedestals supporting entablature and pediment decorated with dentils, next to lintelled doorway in the main fac_ade of the Chiesa dei Santi Ermagora e Fortunato (San Marcuola) at right, with Ionic columns supporting entablature and 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.