Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Monument to Doge Giovanni Dolfin
Image View:
Detail of carving, Christ in the center
Creator:
Andrea da San Felice (Italian sculptor, active mid-14th century)
Location:
repository: Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo) (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Castello sestiere
GPS:
45.4392 12.3421
Date:
ca. 1361-1370 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2:
monument
Work Type 3:
sarcophagus
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
death or burial; funerary art; rulers and leaders; Venetian
Description:
After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held in San Zanipolo, and twenty-five doges are buried in the church. Giovanni Dolfin, also known as Giovanni Delfino or Delfin was the fifty-seventh Doge of Venice, appointed on August 13, 1356. Despite his value as general, during his reign Venice lost Dalmatia. He died of the plague in 1361. The monument is located in the Chapel of Pius V, and is in the form of a pensile (hanging) wall tomb, like a sarcophagus. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A3-M-BSG-MGD-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Monument to Doge Giovanni Dolfin