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The title to a volume of Visentini's drawings c. 1730
Pen and bistre with watercolour and some gold paint | 54.2 x 39.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907565

Antonio Visentini (Venice 1688- Venice 1782)
The title to a volume of Visentini's drawings c. 1730
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A drawing of the arms of Consul Smith standing between two columns supporting an entablature and a broken pediment. Signed: Ant. Visentini opus.
Visentini was employed by Consul Smith to paint title-pages for the folios in which he bound up his drawings. Six of these volumes survive with their titles; the others have been broken up for mounting and the title-pages have disappeared, except that from the Canaletto volume. It is likely that similar title-pages existed in Smith's volumes of Marco Ricci and Piazzetta drawings, and perhaps in the Carracci and Castiglione folios.
Provenance
Commissioned by Joseph Smith; probably acquired in 1762 by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice
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Medium and techniques
Pen and bistre with watercolour and some gold paint
Measurements
54.2 x 39.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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