The House of Morosini was a powerful Venetian noble family that gave many doges, statesmen, generals, and admirals to the Republic of Venice, as well as cardinals to the Church.
Risen Christ with St. Andrew and members of the Morosini family (Vincenzo, his sons Andrea and Barbon, and wife Cecilia Pisani) by Tintoretto (1518–1594), on display in the Morosini family chapel in San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
The Palazzo Morosini del Pestrin on the Rio Dei Pestrin in Venice, built for the Morosini family ca. 1640. Picture taken from the end of calle delle Cavatto.
Francesco Morosini was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. He was one of the many doges and generals produced by the Venetian noble Morosini family.
Morosini family
…Giovan Francesco Morosini (1604–1678) was Patriarch of Venice from 1644 to his death. Francesco Morosini (1618–1694) was a prominent Venetian sea captain of his time. As a young man, he fought against the Ottoman Turks and the pirates, and after signally…
Portrait by Giovanni Carboncino
Merit Offers the Command to Doge Morosini, by Gregorio Lazzarini, 1694
Medal struck in Morosini's honour for his military exploits in the Morean War.
The Acropolis of Athens viewed from the Hill of the Muses