Title
[Elevations and plans of two doorways from the Convento de San Sepolcro and the Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci, 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 Convent of San Sepolcro at left, with Corinthian columns on pedestals supporting entablature and urn flanked by pinnacles, next to arched entrance in the main fac_ade of the Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci at right, with columns supporting Doric entablature and trophies decorating the metopes under the 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.