# The Last Moments of Doge Marin Faliero [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HAYEZ, Francesco]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 238 x 192 cm ## Commentary Marin Faliero was the fifty-fifth Doge of Venice, appointed on 11 September 1354. He attempted a coup d'etat in 1355, at the time being Doge himself, but with the intention of declaring himself Prince. This action failed, he pleaded guilty to all charges and was beheaded and his body mutilated. Ten additional ringleaders were hanged on display from the Doge's Palace on St Mark's Square. This <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/delacroi/1/112delac.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/delacroi/1/112delac.htm">subject was treated by Delacroix</A> a few decades before. The story of Marin Faliero's uprising was made into a drama by Lord Byron in 1820 and an opera by Gaetano Donizetti in 1835. ## Related artworks - [Carolina Zucchi]() - [Crusaders Thirsting near Jerusalem]() - [Flowers]() - [Meditation on the History of Italy]() - [Mercury Gives Paris the Apple of Discord]() - [Odalisque]() - [Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni]() - [Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli \(detail\)]() - [Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli]() - [Portrait of Signora Matilde Branca]() - [Portrait of Teresa Barri Stampa]() - [Rinaldo and Armida]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()