Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan [SEP] creator
Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan
The Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, dating from 1501. It is on display in the National Gallery in London. It portrays Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice from 1501 to 1521, in his ceremonial garments with the "corno" worn over a linen cap, and is signed on a "cartellino". 
Description.
This formal portrait depicts Leonardo Loredan in his official state robes as Doge of Venice, with its ornate buttons.
(1607–1661), "Francesco Loredan" (1656–1715), ambassador to Vienna. 
Among literary figures, Giovan Francesco Loredan (1607–1661) is remembered for the "Accademia degli Incogniti" that he founded in 1630 at the age of twenty-seven.
Doges of Venice.
The family contributed three Doges: Leonardo Loredan (1501–1521), Pietro Loredan (1567–1570), and Francesco Loredan (1752–1762), of whom only the first truly set his mark on the history of Venice; the "Portrait of Doge