Duke of Urbino Statue -- Doges' Palace, Venice, Italy - There are more statues on the courtyard side of the Foscari Arch. This one is posed like a Roman emperor. It represents Francesco Maria I della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino, dressed in battle garb. The corresponding bas-reliefs of armor and shields, chariot wheels, and laurel wreath below are very similar to the kind of decoration we would have found in ancient Rome.
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