# Ducal Oath [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BELLINI, Leonardo]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Manuscript \(Cod. Lat. X. 190\) ## Commentary Ducal Oath 1450s Manuscript \(Cod. Lat. X. 190\) Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice In the second half of the fifteenth century, Leonardo Bellini, the first of a celebrated dynasty of artists, was dominant in Venice. Among other works, the penetrating portrait of Doge Francesco Foscari is credited to him in the copy of the ducal oath by Antonio Venier. Bellini showed reluctance to share fully in the humanistic language in which, on the other hand, other great illuminators like Girolamo da Cremona and Franco de' Russi moved freely. The picture shows folio 6 of the manuscript with a portrait of Doge Francesco Foscari. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()