Title
[Elevations and plans of two funeral monuments in the Chiesa di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, 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
Funeral monument to bishop Marco Zen at left, with empty pedestal between paired Doric columns on plinth flanking empty niches and supporting entablature and segmental pediment, next to monument of the Tiepolo family at right, with urn surmounted by bust flanked by paired pilasters of the Composite order on plinths supporting entablature and open triangular pediment; 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.