Doge Enrico Dandolo crowns Baldovino the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 15 1/8 × 19 5/8 in. (38.4 × 49.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 19 15/16 in. (39 × 50.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.409
Art Historical Context
This etching captures a pivotal moment from the Fourth Crusade in 1204, when Doge Enrico Dandolo of Venice crowns Baldwin of Flanders as Baldwin I, the first emperor of the short-lived Latin Empire of Constantinople. The scene reflects the dramatic division of Byzantine territories following the sack of the city, highlighting Venice’s dominant role in the expedition and the establishment of Western rule in the East until the Byzantine restoration in 1261. Created between 1745 and 1794 by Giacomo Leonardis after a composition by the Venetian painter Antonio Vassilacchi, known as Il Aliense, th...
About the Artist
Giacomo Leonardis|Doge Enrico Dandolo|Baldwin I, Latin Emperor|Antonio Vassilacchi (called "Il Aliense") (Italian|Italian) · 1723 |1727 –1794 |1804
Italian, 1723–1794|Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice