Carmagnola (Venice)

Carmagnola
Yearpossibly 6th-century AD
Mediumporphyry
Subjectpossibly Emperor Justinian I
LocationSt Mark's Basilica, Venice

Carmagnola or la Carmagnola is the traditional name of a porphyry head of a late Roman emperor, now placed on the external balustrade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. Widely thought to represent Justinian, it was probably brought to Venice as loot from the sack of Constantinople. Its modern name references Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, whose severed head was displayed nearby in 1432.

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