# Doge Francesco Foscari Kneeling before the Lion of St Mark [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BON, Bartolomeo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Above the cornice over the door of the Porta della Carta is Francesco Foscari - under whose dogeship the Porta was constructed - kneeling before the lion of St Mark. Presently it is a copy replacing the original which was destroyed in 1797. ## Related artworks - [Ca' d'Oro: Façade \(detail\)]() - [Ca' d'Oro: Façade]() - [Ca' d'Oro: Façade]() - [Ca' d'Oro: Façade]() - [Ca' d'Oro: Façade]() - [Ca' d'Oro: Portico and inner courtyard]() - [Doge Francesco Foscari Kneeling before the Lion of St Mark]() - [Foscari Arch]() - [Head of Francesco Foscari]() - [Judgment of Solomon]() - [Judgment of Solomon]() - [Palazzo Giustinian: Façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()