Venetian civic dress and foreign influences (c. 1450–1600)

1. Venice’s luxury trade expands silk availability

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Venice, Silk trade

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

2. Doge Pasquale Malipiero’s oath regulates ducal display

   Jan 1, 1457Labels: Doge Pasquale, Ducal oath

   • Warburg

3. Sumptuary oversight consolidated under *savi alle pompe*

   Jan 1, 1476Labels: Savi alle, Venetian government

   • Pompe
   • Warburg

4. Gentile Bellini portrays doge in state costume

   Jan 1, 1478Labels: Gentile Bellini, Doge Giovanni

   • Mocenigo

5. Treaty restores Ottoman trade privileges to Venetians

   Jan 25, 1479Labels: Treaty of, Ottoman Empire

   • Treaty

6. Bellini’s portrait fixes the doge’s ceremonial image

   Jan 1, 1501Labels: Giovanni Bellini, Doge Leonardo

   • Loredan
   • Corno

7. Fondaco dei Tedeschi rebuilt after 1505 fire

   Jan 1, 1505Labels: Fondaco dei, German merchants

   • Fondaco
   • Columbia

8. Magistrato alle pompe established to enforce dress laws

   Jan 1, 1514Labels: Magistrato alle, Sumptuary magistracy

   • Pompe

9. Print culture publicizes official dogaressa costume

   Jan 1, 1520Labels: Dogaressa Morecena, Print culture

   • Warburg

10. Chopines become a signature of Venetian women’s dress

    Jan 1, 1525Labels: Chopines, Venetian women

    • Met Museum
    • Chopine

11. Corno ducale described as established civic symbol

    Jan 1, 1550Labels: Corno ducale, Doge

    • Corno
    • Doge

12. Sumptuary magistracy gains expanded supervisory structure

    Jan 1, 1559Labels: Magistrato alle, Sopraprovveditori

    • Pompe

13. Magistrato alle pompe gains lawmaking authority

    Jan 1, 1562Labels: Magistrato alle, Legislation

    • Pompe
    • Prov diteur

14. Francesco Sansovino documents Venetian civic processions

    Jan 1, 1581Labels: Francesco Sansovino, Ducal procession

    • Doge

15. Vecellio codifies Venetian dress types in costume imagery

    Jan 1, 1586Labels: Cesare Vecellio, Costume imagery

    • Doge
    • Warburg