Alvise Cornaro, often Italianised Luigi, was a Venetian nobleman and patron of arts, also remembered for his four books of Discorsi about the secrets to living long.
Portrait of Alvise Cornaro by Tintoretto
The House of Cornaro or Corner were a Venetian patrician family in the Republic of Venice and included many Doges and other high officials. The name Corner, originally from the Venetian dialect, was adopted in the eighteenth century. The older standard Italian Cornaro is no longer common in Italian sources referring to earlier members of the family, but remains so in English.
Ca' Corner, one of eight palaces along Venice's Grand Canal commissioned by the Cornaro family.
Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Theresa in the Cornaro family chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.
Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore, Venice