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Gentleman with red beret. 1490-95 By a Ferrarese or Bolgonese painter. Wood Inv. I, n.42
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Gentleman with red beret. 1490-95 By a Ferrarese or Bolgon...

Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldwin I (Baudoin), Emperor of Byzantium (1204-1205). At the outset of the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204), the crusaders under Baldwin of Flanders recaptured Dalmatian Zara for Venice. Ceramic Plate (1550-1560)
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Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldwin I (Baudoin), Emperor of Byzantium (1204-1205...

First page of a document, in which Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501-1521), commissions Giovanni Mauro to go on a trading expedition. The thirty-page instruction orders Mauro to visit specific ports and to "load up with spices". 1508
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First page of a document, in which Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501-152...

Coin "Grosso III tipo" of 1389, minted under Doge Tommaso Mocenigo.
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Coin "Grosso III tipo" of 1389, minted under Doge Tommaso Mocenigo.

Ducat minted under Doge Francesco Foscari (1423-1457)
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Ducat minted under Doge Francesco Foscari (1423-1457)

Osella minted under the Doge Giovanni Bembo (1615-1618)
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Osella minted under the Doge Giovanni Bembo (1615-1618)

Osella minted under the Doge Francesco Morosini (1688-1694)
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Osella minted under the Doge Francesco Morosini (1688-1694)

Painted guild-sign of the Marangone, the ship- builders, 1517, restored 1753. Top: Visitation - Saint Mary visits Saint Elisabeth. Wood Inv. I, 2107
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Painted guild-sign of the Marangone, the ship- builders, 1517, restore...

The Doge throws coins among the crowd. Canvas.
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The Doge throws coins among the crowd. Canvas.

The procession on Redemption day, detail. Even today, a pontoon bridge is laid from the Zattere bank across the Canale della Giudecca to Palladio's church Il Redentore. Oil on canvas
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The procession on Redemption day, detail. Even today, a pontoon br...

Queen Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510), widow of King Jacob II of Cyprus, arrives in Venice, forced by the Republic to abdicate. She retired to her elegant court at Asolo in northern Italy. Oil on canvas
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Queen Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510), widow of King Jacob II of Cypr...

Copy of an idol venerated in the Temple of the Five Hundred Genii in Canton, China. The idol is an effigy of early traveller Marco Polo (1254-1324), who spent 12 years at the court of Kublai Khan, Mongol ruler of China (1214-1294). Wood, gilded.
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Copy of an idol venerated in the Temple of the Five Hundred Genii in Canton, Chi...