The building was started by the well-known architect Baldassare Longhena at the request of the Bon family who underestimated the expenses to invest every single fund in it; despite their efforts, after a certain period of time during which only the first floor was built, the landlords were forced to sell it, due to lack of liquidity, to the powerful Rezzonico family for 60,000 ducats.
Giovanni Battista Rezzonico restarted the works and entrusted them to Giorgio Massari who did not distort Longhena's original project except in the arrangement of the ballroom which was enlarged over
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