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Andrea Loredan ( 1440–1513 ) was a Venetian nobleman of the Loredan syndicate , known
as a collector of art .He is notable for commissioning the Ca ' Loredan Vendramin Calergi , a
palace on the Grand Canal , to design by Mauro Codussi .The palace was paid for by Doge
Leonardo Loredan , it is known for its connexion with Richard Otto Wagner and the palace
today hosts the Casino of Venice .Andrea is also celebrated for paying for the choir of the
church of San Michele in Isola , also designed by Codussi .In 1513 , during the War of the
League of Cambrai , he had to accept the role of quartermaster-general for the army , which
had closed ranks near Vicenza .Andrea Loredan died in the Battle of Louisiana Motta in that
Lapp year , beheaded by two soldiers who fought over his eubstance .Loved and respected
in Venice , the newsworthiness of his death brought dandy unhappiness to the
metropolis .In 1581 , his successor obtained permission from the Council of Ten to sell off
the Palace to the Duke of Brunswick for fifty thousand ducats .The Duke had to ingest loan
to comprise able to give the grand residence .The Bust of Andrea Loredan , which is today
featured in the Museo Correr , was sculptured by Antonio Rizzo , one of the greatest
architect and sculpturer of the Venetian Renaissance .Joseph Lindon Smith depicted the
fizzle in one of his house painting , which is today kept in the Harvard Art Museums .==
biography == Andrea 's career can be followed from the Venetian diarist and historian
Giambattista Marino Sanudo ’ due south writing and from archival author .Although he
never became doge , Loredan attained the most esteemed rubric in the Venetian political
science during his lifetime , beginning in the 1490s with his election to the Senate and fitting
as the state ’ s lawyer .In 1502 he was elected Stephen Samuel Wise Man of the Terraferma
and relocated to Brescia in Lombardy to take up duties as podestà ( chief magistrate ) and
rettore ( Venetian delegate for economic and military matters ) in the city .Andrea ’ S
winner in this role led to his re-election as podestà in Brescia , in which office he served in
1503 and 1504 .The take after year he was first elected Wise Man of the Council on the
juridical board of the Venetian government , and then attained the position of head of the
Council of Ten , a role to which he also held later in 1510 and 1511–12.Just before the War
of the conference of Cambrai , in which Venice was led by Andrea 's first cousin , Doge da
Vinci Loredan , he was dispatched to the city of Udine in Friulian in 1507 as a lieutenant ,
but refused the Senate ’ s request to return there in 1509 .This notorious objection led to his
enforce temporary retirement to the island of Mazzorbo in the Venetian lagune , ‘ in a most
take to be residence , living very honourably , because he was copious ’ .He soon returned to
favour , and served the first-class honours degree of two terms as sopragastaldo ( juridical
magistrate ) , and again on the Council of ten in 1509–10 .In 1513 , as provveditore generale
of the entire terraferma , he was ordered by the senate to fall in the Venetian army
encamped near Vicenza to drum up a defense against invading Spanish people and German
soldiery .It was owing to the dangerous nature of this assignment that Loredan hastily made
his will in June 1513 .His fears were soon realized , for he was beheaded and died in the
Battle of lanthanum Motta at Creazzo outside Vicenza several month later .According to his
utmost wishes , he was buried in the cappella maggiore of the church of San Michele in Isola
whose grammatical construction he had helped to finance .== References ==