The Bust of Andrea Loredan, which is today featured in the Museo Correr, was sculptured by Antonio Rizzo, one of the greatest architects and sculptors of the Venetian Renaissance.

[5] Although he never became doge, Loredan attained the most prestigious titles in the Venetian government during his lifetime, beginning in the 1490s with his election to the Senate and appointment as the state’s attorney.

In 1502 he was elected 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.

This notorious objection led to his enforced temporary retirement to the island of Mazzorbo in the Venetian Lagoon, ‘in a most esteemed residence, living very honourably, because he was rich’.

In 1513, as provveditore generale of the entire terraferma, he was ordered by the Senate to join the Venetian army encamped near Vicenza to rally a defence against invading Spanish and German troops.