Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Ducali) ca. 1766 Giovanni Battista Brustolon Italian The main feature of this print is the state barge (bucintoro) that was used annually on Ascension Day to transport the doge to a ceremony that symbolically wedded Venice to the Adriatic Sea. The vessel was 120 feet long and 26 feet high. The doges throne was in the stern, and at the prow was a figure holding scales representing Justice. The larger print shown adjacent to this one demonstrates the opulence of the procession. In 1798 the French general Napoleon ordered the barge destroyed, a symbolic act to celebrate his conquering of Venice. This print is from a series of twelve "Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals" (Le Feste Ducali).. Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Ducali). 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals'

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Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Ducali) ca. 1766 Giovanni Battista Brustolon Italian The main feature of this print is the state barge (bucintoro) that was used annually on Ascension Day to transport the doge to a ceremony that symbolically wedded Venice to the Adriatic Sea. The vessel was 120 feet long and 26 feet high. The doges throne was in the stern, and at the prow was a figure holding scales representing Justice. The larger print shown adjacent to this one demonstrates the opulence of the procession. In 1798 the French general Napoleon ordered the barge destroyed, a symbolic act to celebrate his conquering of Venice. This print is from a series of twelve "Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals" (Le Feste Ducali).. Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Ducali). 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals'

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