 Following the death of his older brother, Alviso Emo, in 1790, Angelo Emo's death also meant the end of the San Simeon Piccolo branch of the Emo family.Already at the time of his death, his loss was seen as a heavy blow and symptom of the Republic's decline.Emo's reputation was enhanced further by 19th-century historians of Venice, keen on romanticizing the final decades of the Republic