Girolamo Zulian
''Cavaliere'' Girolamo Zulian (1730 – 1795) was a Venetian nobleman, ambassador, patron of the arts, art collector and '' Senatore Amplissimo''. A member of the House of Zulian, he is best known for his leading art collection and for being one of the earliest patrons of Canova, a great friend of his, from whom he commissioned the Theseus and the Minotaur in 1781, while serving as ambassador to Rome. Zulian is credited as having played a fundamental role in Canova's rise to fame. Biography Zulian was born in Venice, Republic of Venice, in 1730. He was born into an influential old Venetian noble family, which built the Palazzo Zulian on Venice's Canal Grande in the 17th century. Girolamo Zulian bequeathed the ''palazzo'' to the Priuli of San Trovaso (or Sts. Gervasius and Protasius), as specified in his will drawn up on August 2, 1794. Further, part of Zulian's art collection passed to the Priuli. Zulian is said to have been an extremely clever man, who, for all being neither ...
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Knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Greek ''hippeis'' and '' hoplite'' (ἱππεῖς) and Roman '' eques'' and ''centurion'' of classical antiquity. In the Early Middle Ages in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially the joust) from its origins in th ...
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