Doge Giovanni Cornaro (G-12)

by Sebastiano Ricci

Ricci: Doge Giovanni I Cornaro

Sebastiano Ricci's portrait of Doge Giovanni I Cornaro (G-12), created for the Cornaro palace at Campo S. Polo, resonates in canvas shape, pose and color tones Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's immense portrait of Doge Giovanni II Cornaro (G-38), painted c. 1715, now in the Egidio Martini Collection at Museo Ca' Rezzonico in Venice. The Tiepolo portrait was also commissioned for the palace at Campo S. Polo.

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