Doge Francesco Foscari Kneeling before the Lion of St. Mark
Image View Description
Porta della Carta
Date
1438-1442
Main Work
Piazza San Marco
Creator
Bono, Bartolomeo (Venetian sculptor, ca. 1400-ca. 1464)
Work Type
sculpture
Work Type 2
architecture
Culture
Italian
Culture 2
Venetian
Location
Venice (Italy)
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.
Image Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology