CONTARINI, kon'tn•re'ne. The name of a noble family in Venice, one of the twelve that elected the first Doge. Between 1043 and 1674, seven doges were furnished by this family, and several of its members were men of note. Do menico, Doge in 1043-71, was the first of the fam ily to be invested with that dignity; during his reign the rebuilding of Saint Alark's Church was begun. Doge in 1367-82, terminated the long war between Venice and Genoa by defeating the Genoese fleet at Chioggia. return from this expedition was depicted by Paolo Veronese by order of the Republic. Ambrogio was Ambas sador of Venice to Persia in 1473-77 and gave an account of his travels, published in Venice (1487). (;asparo (1483-1542), cardinal and diplo matist, went as Venetian ambassador to the Diet of Worms in 1521, thence accompanied C'harles V. to the Netherlands, England, and Spain, and in 1523 concluded the Emperor's alliance with Ven ice. In 1533 lie was made cardinal by Pope Paul
III., and as Papal legate to the Diet of Ratisbon, in 1541, made the most extensive concessions to the Protestants, endeavoring to bring about a reconciliation with the Catholic Church. Of his earnest efforts to introduce sweeping reforms in the latter, his Con8i/inin de Macadamia Eeelesia (1537) is sufficient proof. The best-known of his other writings is De Magistratibus et Republica Penctnrunt (1543). (-l07'aMil (1549-1005) was a painter of the Venetian School, who formed him self chiefly after the works of Titian and Palma the Younger. Called to Vienna by Emperor Ru dolph II., he painted many portraits. but he is more noted for his historical compositions, among which are "The Doge Marino Grimani Adoring the Virgin," "Conquest of Verona by the Vene tians," both executed for the Doge's Palace in Venice; and "Baptism of