Giovanni Francesco Loredan was in Venice son of Lorenzo Loredan and Leonora Boldù. When both of his parents died while he was very young, he was raised by his uncle Antonio Boldù and had as his teacher Antonio Colluraffi, repeatedly mentioned in the publications of the Accademia degli Incogniti He divided his youth between hard study and an extravagant lifestyle. He attended the classes of renowned Aristotelian philosopher Cesare Cremoni in Padua and began, before 1623, to gather around him that group of scholars who then formed the Accademia degli Incogniti. As founder of the Accademia degli Incogniti and a member of many other Academies, he had close contact with almost all the scholars of his time. He and his circle played a decisive role in the creation of modern opera In addition to literary activity, he also took part in public affairs. At twenty he was recorded in the golden book, but his career began quite late: in September 1632 he was elected 'Savio agli Ordini' and in 1635 he was Treasurer of the fortress of Palmanova. On his return he reorganized the Accademia degli Incogniti and, in 1638, despite attempts to avoid it, he was obliged, as the only descendant of his branch, to contract marriage with Laura Valier. He was then Provveditore ai Banchi, 'Provveditore alle Pompe', and in 1648 he made the leap to the rank of avogador del comun that he held several times and 'Provveditore alle Biave'. He subsequently joined the offices of the State Inquisitor and became a member of the Council of Ten. In 1656 he entered the Minor Consiglio, that is, among the six patricians who, together with the doge, composed the Serenissima Signoria. However, he may then have been pushed out of office, as in the following years he no longer held important positions. In 1660 he was a Provveditore in Peschiera. The following year he died.
Works
In addition to the Scherzi Geniali he wrote novels that were reprinted numerous times and also translated into French, such as La Dianea and L'Adamo, operettas of religious subjects, as Sensi di devozione sui Sette, ; Life of Alexander the Pope, ; Life of St. John the Bishop of Trogir, ; I gradi dell'anima,, collections of academic essays, Sei dubi amorosi ; Il cimiterio; epitafi giocosi, a comic Iliad, a Vita del Marino, a collection of Letters still under the pseudonym of E Giblet. As founder of the Accademia degli Incogniti he edited the publications of the collective works of the Academy:Cento Novelle, Venezia, Guerigli, 1651; Discorsi accademici, Venezia Sarzina, 1635; Le glorie degli incogniti, Venezia, Valvasense, 1647; Novelle amorose, Venezia, eredi del Sarzina, 1641.
