Marco e Todaro, le due colonne della Piazetta S. Marco in Venezia : appunti storici del geometra
An 1892 Venetian historical study by the surveyor Giovanni Antonio Vendrasco, published in Venice, about the two columns of the Piazzetta San Marco, illustrated with photographic reproductions of drawings. The plates show the winged lion atop a column, a knight statue on a pillar capital, and armour and sculpted fragments in a sepia tone. A designer might take from them the sepia palette, the crisp engraved-style line work on stone and metal, and the heraldic lion motif.
