1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Francesco Contarini Doge Republic Venice EUM2 XGY4 Keywords specific to this image:

Keywords specific to this image: Silver-Penciled Wyandotte Hen

This is an original 1900 black and white relief line-block print of the Gate of St

Minnesota docks with a cargo of ore

now known as Shenyang

these images are the work of photographers Martin HŸrlimann and Horst Hanck-Jentsch

1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Francesco Contarini Doge Republic Venice EUM2 XGY4 Keywords specific to this image:This is an original 1721 black and white copper engraving of "Franciscus Contarenus Doge." This is a portrait of Francesco Contarini, the 95th Doge of Venice, reigning from 1623 to 1624. The Doge of Venice, which is often mistranslated as "Duke," was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice. The Doge was the senior most elected official of Venice and Genoa, as both cities were republics and elected Doges. The portrait is