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Its design has been attributed to Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). This drawing depicts the elevations of the palace's garden loggia seen from the garden above and from the palace court below. A plan of the garden loggia is included in the bottom centre of the sheet. \n\nThe drawing belongs to a set of 66 measured drawings of Italian Renaissance and Ancient Roman architecture which the V&amp;A purchased from Edwin Parsons in 1886. The Parsons set may belong to a larger series of over 700 architectural drawings scattered in English and international collections formerly owned by the British Consul at Venice, Joseph Smith (1682-1770). A proponent of Palladian architecture, Smith began collecting measured drawings of classical and Renaissance architecture from the early 1740s. Today, most of this material exists in a series of bound volumes at the Royal Collection (where the <i>Admiranda Artis Architecturae Varia</i> is kept) and at the British Library (which holds the three-volume <i>Admiranda Urbis Venetae</i>), as well as in loose sheets scattered in collections across Europe and North America including the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. \n\r\nMost of these drawings are scaled in English feet and consist of simplified plans and elevations of exemplary Italian architecture. Often produced as a series, the drawings were purchased by British Gentlemen to be included in their libraries and collections. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Elevations and plan of the garden loggia at Palazzo Trevisan in Murano, Venice, in pencil, pen and ink and brown wash, on paper. The drawing, in a portrait format, depicts the elevations of the garden loggia seen from the garden and from the palace court, with a plan beneath. 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Edwin Parsons was a dealer in books, prints and drawings. He was the founder of Edwin Parsons &amp; Sons (1850-1950s) at 45 Brompton Road SW7. Parsons had a notable client base reportedly including the writer William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir John Pierpoint Morgan (of J.P. Morgan), and Napoleon III.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Elevations and plan of the garden loggia at Palazzo Trevisan in Murano, Venice, Italy, mid 18th century (made)","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"McAndrew, John. <u>Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects: Antonio Visentini</u>. Farnsborough: Gregg, 1974. 130p., ill. ISBN 0576159999."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Modesti, Paola. I disegni architettonici di Antonio Visentini (1688-1782): un corpus autografo inedito e una produzione con un’etichetta da riconsiderare. <u>In</u>: Alessandro Bordini and Giovanna Curcio, eds. <u>Porre un limite all’infinito errore.’ Studi di storia dell’architettura dedicati a Christof Thoenes</u>. Rome: Campisano, 2014. pp. 191-208, ill. ISBN 8888168524."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Vivian, Francis. <u>The Consul Smith Collection: masterpieces of Italian drawing from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle : Raphael to Canaletto</u>. Munich: Hirmer, 1989. 200 p., ill. ISBN 3777452505."}],"production":"This drawing is one of four sheets included in the E. Parsons series depicting Palazzo Trevisan in Murano (D.1492-1886; D.1436-1886; D1483-1886) and is comparable to a depiction of the garden loggia at Palazzo Trevisan included in the three-volume <i>Admiranda Urbis Venetae</i> at the British Library (71.i.2). Elevations and plans of the garden loggia also exist as loose sheets at the Royal Institute of British Architects (SB27[22]8; SB27[22]7).","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Murano","id":"x29011"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"loggia","id":"AAT4137"},{"text":"buildings","id":"AAT4792"},{"text":"elevations","id":"AAT34065"},{"text":"floor plans","id":"AAT34158"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["D.1453-1886"],"accessionNumberNum":"1453","accessionNumberPrefix":"D","accessionYear":1886,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-20","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}