Alexios [IV Angelos] appears before the Doge
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Alexios [IV Angelos] appears before the Doge
Description
After a fire in at the Doge’s Palace in Venice in 1577, some of the new decorations included paintings that celebrated important events in Venetian history. This oil sketch was for a large painting showing the Byzantine emperor Alexios IV Angelos asking Doge Enrico Dandolo for aid against Alexios III (Alexios IV’s uncle).
N.B. the website entry for this piece is presumably mis-titled, identifying the figure as Alexios Komnenos in the title, but correctly as Alexios IV Angelos in the description. Both Alexios I Komnenos and Alexios II Komnenos were very much dead by the 1203. Of course, Alexios IV Angelos would only outlive 1203 by a little over a month.
N.B. the website entry for this piece is presumably mis-titled, identifying the figure as Alexios Komnenos in the title, but correctly as Alexios IV Angelos in the description. Both Alexios I Komnenos and Alexios II Komnenos were very much dead by the 1203. Of course, Alexios IV Angelos would only outlive 1203 by a little over a month.
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https://media-management-api.tlt.harvard.edu/api/iiif/manifest/398
Citation
“Alexios [IV Angelos] appears before the Doge,” HAA Image Hosting, accessed June 10, 2026, https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/1676.
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