Title
[Elevations and plans of two funeral monuments in the Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi, 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 of the Emo family in the Church of S. Maria dei Servi (now disappeared) at left, with empty pedestal flanked by paired Doric columns on plinth supporting entablature and triangular pediment, next to funerary monument to Doge Francesco Dona_ in the same church at right, with statue of the Doge kneeling in prayer on a pedestal flanked by paired Ionic columns on plinth supporting entablature and swan-neck pediment broken by sculpture of St. Mark's lion; 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.