Marco Venier, Marquess of Cerigo - Wikipedia

Marco Venier, Marquess of Cerigo Marco Venier was a Marquess of Cerigo. [1] He was Venetian and won his Marquisate as a result of the Fourth Crusade.

Forgotten Facts About Veronica Franco, The Rebel Courtesan

However, Marco’s ardor won him the prize he wanted: our girl Veronica’s deep love. No, she didn’t stop being a courtesan, but it’s nice to think she knew a thing or two about true love before everything started going south.

Franco, Veronica (1546-1591), Venetian Courtesan Poet

In 1575 she published a volume of her own poetry, the Terze rime. There are 25 poems, but only 17 are by Franco. The others are by Marco Venier or an unidentified male author. Her poems represent and transform her life as a courtesan.

Courtesan’s life glorified in film - The GW Hatchet

McCormack portrays Franco with passion and fervor. Franco has been semi-forced into the life of a 16th-century prostitute after the reality of her low status shatters her hope of marrying Marco Venier (Rufus Sewell, “Middlemarch”), her true love.

Poems and Letters - Veronica Franco

So in Capitolo 13 she reproaches a lover (Marco Venier) for mistreating her in an unexpected betrayal and for turning on her with lies. Finally, one of her letters confirms that she has confused him with the author of the satirical verses against her.

Marco Venier (1207 - 1238) - Genealogy - Geni.com

Marco VENIER (Marquess of CERIGO) was Venetian and won his Marquessdom in result of the Fourth Crusade. Capellari quoted many authors whom had made the Venier family descend from the gens Aurelia of Rome, gens of Roman emperors Valeriano and Gallieno.

Dangerous Beauty (1998) - Rufus Sewell as Marco Venier - IMDb

Marco Venier: There is no honor with fools like these. God will forgive you. Veronica Franco: Marco, if I give them my lie, I give them my soul. I'll lose everything I ever was. My love, my words, my heart. Marco Venier: Yes, but you would live. Veronica Franco: As someone else.

Michael Asimow: Dangerous Beauty - Carolina Academic Press

The love story between Franco and Marco Venier (Domenico’s other nephew), which is central to the film, is apparently greatly exaggerated (although there is evidence that the two were intimate in real life).

To Marco Venier - Poets Corner

We present this work in honor of the 430th anniversary of the poet's death. If I could be certain of your love,from what your words and face display,which often conceal a changing mind;if external signs revealed what the mindconceals within, so that a personwere not so often entrapped by deceit,I would cast aside this…

Dangerous Beauty - Wikipedia

Another musical version of Dangerous Beauty premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in February 2011, starring Jenny Powers as Veronica Franco and James Snyder (actor) as Marco Venier.