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Giovanna Dandolo

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records that she was "a princess of splendid physical and mental gifts but possessed of no private fortune.... In 1469 Giovanni Spira dedicated to her the first book ever printed in Venice". Many of the early books printed in Venice are dedicated to her, in gratitude for her patronage. Four of the
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Her spouse was elected doge in 1457. She was given an elaborate coronation and entry in to Venice as dogaressa in January 1458. As her predecessor before her, Giovanna Dandolo came to play a very public role as dogaressa, performing representational tasks and acting as the protector of trades and
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first books printed in Venice in 1469 were all dedicated to her patronage. She also became a patron of the lace industry of Burano, which developed during this period. Reportedly, she gathered a circle of noblewomen and manufactured the lace herself as well.
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She was born circa 1400 as the daughter of Antonio Dandolo and married to Pasquale Malipiero in 1414. She had four children: Lorenzo, Antonio, Maddalena and Polo.
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The only known surviving portrait of a 15th-century dogaressa is that of Giovanna Dandolo on the reverse of a medal designed by
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individual artists. She supported the newly introduced art of book printing in Venice, the lace industry of
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She gathered a circle of 'men of letters' and writers around her and acted as their patron. Palazzi in
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Pietro da Fano, Giovanna Dandolo, Wife of Pasquale Malipiero (reverse), c. 1452-1464, NGA 44557
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The Dogaressa of Venice, 1200-1500: Wives and Icons
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dogaressa
doge
Pasquale Malipiero
Burano
Pietro da Fano
Isotta degli Atti
Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga
Cecilia Gonzaga



The Dogaressa of Venice, 1200-1500: Wives and Icons
ISBN
978-1-137-03782-4


The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges
"The Portrait in Fifteenth Century Venice"
ISBN
978-1-58839-425-5
Marina Nani
Dogaressa of Venice
Cristina Sanudo
Categories
Lace
Dogaressas of Venice
House of Dandolo
15th-century Venetian women
15th-century Venetian people

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