It was built in the mid-17th century, possibly to a design by Baldassarre Longhena, as the residence of the Belloni family.[2]
Description
It has two floors and a mezzanine, with a typically Baroque façade featuring a rich sculpture decoration.[3]
The ground floor, surmounted by a parapet, has at the middle a big portal with a tympanum. The piano nobile has seven rectangular windows within a large set of decorations, including false columns, two large coat of arms and, above each window, a broken entablature.
The mezzanine, separated by the floor below by a frame, has six small windows. The cornice has a notched frame and a long frieze with the Belloni coat of arms. At the top are two symmetrical, obelisk-shaped pinnacles: this theme is featured in a minority of palaces in Venice, such as Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, also designed by Longhena, and Palazzo Papadopoli.
Internally, there are 19th-century frescoes in the piano nobile and a private oratory with painted decorations.
References
Brusegan, Marcello (2005). La grande guida dei monumenti di Venezia. Rome: Newton & Compton. ISBN88-541-0475-2.