Description
The Doge is an abstract portrait of an ancient form of power—not the man himself, but the very idea of authority. The corno ducale, the iconic pointed ducal hat, rises above the figure as an absolute symbol: not an ornament, but the emblem of a republic that ruled the seas for a thousand years. The form is reduced to its essence, almost like a ritual mask, because the Doge was never merely an individual—he was a function, an institution, a legacy of glory etched into the history of Venice. Within the work’s abstract forms lives the echo of the Serenissima—its splendor, its mystery, and the weight of a crown made not of gold, but of responsibility before the destiny of a city suspended upon the water.
