Title
[Elevations and plans of two funeral monuments in the Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, 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
Funerary monument to Doge Leonardo Loredano at left, with full-length statue on a pedestal flanked by paired Composite columns and niches on a plinth supporting entablature and triangular pediment above the attic, next to monument to Luigi Michel at right, with sarcophagus surmounted by bust flanked by paired Corinthian columns and empty niches on plinth supporting entablature and triangular pediment decorated with dentils; each with its scale and plan.
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.