View of the Island of San Giacomo in Paludo, late 18th century, Pen and brown ink, gray wash, 10 13/16 x 16 5/16 in. (27. 5 x 41. 5 cm), Drawings, Francesco Tironi (Venice ca. 1745?1797), Although Francesco Tironi's artistic activity remains somewhat uncertain, we do know that he provided the drawings for Antonio Sandi?s twenty-four engravings of islands in the Venetian Lagoon. The engravings were published in 1779, and many of the drawings are extant today