VITTORIA, Alessandro
(b. 1525, Trento, d. 1608, Venezia)

Bust of Giovanni Donà

c. 1585
Marble
Galleria Franchetti, Ca' d'Oro, Venice

After 1585, the autograph production of Vittoria's portrait busts declined sharply. While those of Pietro Zen (c. 1585; Pinacoteca Manfrediniana, Venice) and Giovanni Donà (c. 1585; Ca' d’Oro, Venice) are by Vittoria himself, the later busts are by the workshop.

Procurator Giovanni Donà was part of a patrician family which produced 8 procurators of St Mark's, one cardinal and a number of distinguished men of letters. His bust was executed for Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice.




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