Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Churches of Santa Maria Formosa and San Giuliano, 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 52.5 cm.
Description
West lintelled portal of the Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa at left, with Ionic columns supporting the entablature and a statue of Admiral Vincenzo Cappello standing on a pedestal above a funerary urn, next to lintelled main portal of the Chiesa di San Zulian with columns supporting entablature and statue of the saint sitting on an urn above at right; 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.