EditorialDoge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child. Dated: probably 1573. Dimensions: overall: 216 ? 416 cm (85 1/16 ? 163 3/4 in.) framed: 252.8 x 452.2 x 12.7 cm (99 1/2 x 178 x 5 in.) gross weight: 154.223 kg (340 lb.). Medium: oil on ca...
EditorialVilla Pisani in Stra. The Venetian Pisani family built the palatial villa when Alvise Pisani became Doge. Later, it belonged to Napoleon I and his stepson Eugene de Beauharnais. In 1866 it was taken over by the Italian Royal family. Garden, pond and st...
EditorialITALY. VENICE. Saint Mark Cathedral. Romanesque-Byzantine style. It was founded in the XI cent by the Doge Domenico Conatirini The front features two overlapping bodies of five arches each with florid Gothic auction. Saint Mark Square.