# Portrait of a Doge [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BELLINI, Gentile]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on poplar panel, 53 x 43 cm ## Commentary Gentile Bellini was the most important portraitist in Venice until the 1490s. Five portraits of doges by him survived. Between about 1460 and 1500 he was charged with creating the official portrait of each of the doges, from Pasquale Malipiero \(1392-1462\) to Leonardo Loredan \(1436-1521\) The present portrait, the sitter of which can be identified as <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/lombardo/pietro/malipier.html'\)" href="/html/l/lombardo/pietro/malipier.html">Pasquale Malipiero,</a> belongs to Gentile's early works. Pasquale Malipiero was elected doge in 1457, at the age of sixty-five, and held the office until his death. It is assumed that the portrait was produced during his reign, about 1460. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Madonna and Child with Donors]() - [Mehmet II]() - [Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo \(detail\)]() - [Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo \(detail\)]() - [Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo]() - [Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus]() - [Portrait of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo]() - [Procession in Piazza San Marco \(detail\)]() - [Procession in Piazza San Marco \(detail\)]() - [Procession in Piazza San Marco \(detail\)]() - [Procession in Piazza San Marco]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()