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 and Medal of Francesco Cornaro

Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Francesco Cornaro (1585-1656), who reigned for twenty days in 1656 before dying of a fever. Cornaro’s coat of arms is vertically quartered: the first two quarters are further divided horizontally, containing an assortment of crosses and three lions rampant. The medal on this page contains a bust of the Doge and Cornaro’s arms surrounded with leaves, flowers, and spikes. The inscription “Creatvs. die. XVI. maii. MDCLVI.” marks the day of Cornaro’s accession.

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