Title
[Elevations and plans of two funeral monuments in the Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore, 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
Tomb Monument of Doge Lorenzo Venier in S. Giorgio Maggiore by Baldassare Longhena at left, with urn on pedestal surmounted by bust flanked by paired Doric columns on plinths supporting entablature and segmental pediment, next to funeral monument at right with urn on pedestal surmounted by bust between Corinthian columns on plinths supporting entablature and 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.