Terms and conditions of use
Doge Pietro Loredano
(1567-1570)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
109.5 × 93.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1928
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
Jacopo Tintoretto was nearing fifty when he painted this formal portrait of the Venetian Doge Pietro Loredano. Tintoretto was a leading painter in Venice at a time when the Republic supported many outstanding artists, including Titian, Veronese, Paris Bordone, the Bassano family and Palma il Giovane. So prominent was Tintoretto that he was appointed Venetian court painter in 1559. Pietro Loredano was eighty-five when he was elected Doge in 1567, at a time when the power and influence of the Venetian state appeared to be waning. The pressure of office took its toll on Loredano, who served as Doge for only three years before his death in 1570.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
3677-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Law, Civics and Protest Portraits
Subjects (specific)
ceremonial costume doges elderly half figures hats men (male humans) robes (main garments) rulers (people)
Movements
Renaissance