Title
[Elevations and plans of well-heads in Palazzo Cornaro at San Maurizio and of Palazzo Grimani at San Luca, 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
Semicircular well-head on one side of the cortile at Palazzo Cornaro, within arched niche with mask as keystone decoration, moulded archivolts and statue of Neptune flanked by Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment at left, next to semicircular well-head in the cortile of Palazzo Grimanti under arched niche with decoration in the spandrels flanked by Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment at right; 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.