Doge Francesco Foscari Kneeling before the Lion of St. Mark

Porta della Carta

Creator

Bono, Bartolomeo
Bon, Bartolomeo
Venetian
sculptor
ca. 1400-ca. 1464
Main Work
Piazza San Marco
Date

1438-1442

Location

Venice (Italy)
Geographic Coordinates
45.434091, 12.337502
Notes

Copy from 1885 by Giovanni Ferrari detto Torretto, after Bon's original. The original sculpture was destroyed in 1797 Napoleonic invasion, and only the face of the Doge remains.

Culture

Italian
Venetian
Cataloger Notes

Orig. identified as ven_pia_s_marco_carta_det_3.jpg

Image Source

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology