Portrait of Francesco Foscari

Book Title: Fasti ducales ab Anafesto I. ad Silvestrum Valerium Venetorum ducem cum eorum iconibus, insignibus, nummismatibus publicis, & privatis aere sculptis: inscriptionibus ex aula M. Consilii, ac sepulchralibus. Adiectae sunt adnotationes, ad vitam cuiusque principis, rerum, quae omissae fuerant; studio Ioannis Palatii ...

Author: Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?

Image Title: Portrait of Francesco Foscari

Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Francesco Foscari (1373-1457), who reigned from 1423 to 1457. As doge, Foscari supported a new policy of mainland expansion, at the expense of Venice’s overseas empire. Foscari’s coat of arms is divided into three sections: the upper left contains an angel; the upper right contains a plain white field; and the bottom, a pattern of horizontal stripes.

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