Giovanna Dandolo
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Who is Giovanna Dandolo?
Giovanna Dandolo was a dogaressa of Venice by marriage to doge Pasquale Malipiero.
Giovanna Dandolo supported the newly introduced art of book printing in Venice, the lace industry of Burano, and acted as a financier for many writers. Many of the early books printed in Venice is dedicated to her. She was referred to as the empress of book printing and the queen of lace. The only known surviving portrait of a 15th-century dogaressa is that of Giovanna Dandolo on the reverse of a medal designed by Pietro da Fano.
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