Ca' d'Oro

Date: ca. 1421-ca. 1438
Image View Description: view of canal facade
Creator: Bono, Bartolomeo (Venetian architect, ca. 1400-ca. 1464)
Work Type: architecture
Culture: Italian
Culture: Venetian
Location: Venice (Italy)
Notes: Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)Built on the site of a Veneto-Byzantine palazzo originally owned by the Zeno family, the Ca' d'Oro, so named due to the abundant gilding which originally adorned the facade, was built for Marino Contarini. Now houses the Franchetti Gallery. From the Contarini family it passed through the Marcello, Loredan, and Bressa families to Prince Trubetzkoi, who gave it to the ballerina Taglioni (1847), to Baron Giorgio Franchetti (d. 1922) to the State (1916)
Image Source: Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Record ID: ven_ca_d_oro_4543


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