Such attempts were more than commonplace among the doges of the first few centuries of Venetian history, but all were ultimately unsuccessful. |
Most readers of this journal would probably be hard put to come up with more than one or two names of wives of Venetian doges during the High Middle Ages and the Renaissance. |
Parteciaco family, also spelled Partecipazio, noted Venetian family that produced seven doges between 810 and 942, as well as many bishops and church officials. |
A visit into the noble palazzo Mocenigo and its textiles and costumes museum will be next: the right place to breath the sophisticated ambiance of the family that gave six doges to the Most Serene Republic. |
She chases Constable's rainbow, dances with Degas' ballerina, doges Turner's train, plays guitar with Picasso's musicians, and even floats on Monet's lily pad. |
Mocenigo Family, one of the most renowned patrician families of the Venetian Republic, to which it supplied military leaders, scholars, churchmen, diplomats, and statesmen, including seven doges. |