Editing Ca' d'Oro (section)

==Patron and commission==
[[File:0 Venise, la Ca' d'Oro (2).JPG|thumb|left|175px|Gondolier sailing in front of the Ca'd'Oro.]]
The patron of the building was Marino Contarini of the [[Contarini]], well-respected noble Venetian family who had served Venice over the years with the election of eight different [[Doge of Venice|Doges]] between 1043 and 1676. Marino Contarini used the building of the Ca' d'Oro, as a way to assert his family's position in Venetian society.<ref name=":52">{{Cite book |last1=Paoletti |first1=John T. |title=Art in Renaissance Italy |last2=Radke |first2=Gary M. |publisher=Prentice Hall |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-13-091830-7 |edition=2nd |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |pages=313, 315, 316, Fig. 13.5}}</ref> This message was also conveyed as the palace was built not far from the Rialto Bridge on the left bank of Grand Canal of Venice, which was and remains the main thoroughfare in Venice.<ref name=":52" /> The architects of the Ca d'Oro were [[Giovanni Bon]] and his son [[Bartolomeo Bon]].

The Ca' d'Oro was built between 1421 and 1437 for Marino Contarini upon the foundations of a building that he had received through his marriage to Soradamore Zeno, which had been part of an old palace belonging to the Zeno family.<ref name=":1" /> As the patron of the new palace, Contarini was in essence the building's main designer, as he was the one who oversaw the entire project.<ref name=":52" /> He also kept notes and accounts of the whole process, which have survived throughout the centuries, offering scholars amazing insight into the building's construction.<ref name=":0" />

=== Architects ===
He contracted two main architects to execute his plan for the palace: the Venetian architect and sculptor {{III|Giovanni Bon|it|Giovanni Bono (scultore)}}(along with his son [[Bartolomeo Bon]]), and another architect-sculptor, [[Matteo Raverti]], who came from Milan.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":52" /> Matteo Raverti's notable contributions to the Ca' d'Oro include the [[tracery]] of the main [[loggia]] and the [[ogee]]-arched [[Tympanum (architecture)|tympanum]] over the land entrance.<ref name=":52" /> Giovanni Bon and Bartolomeo Bon are also known for their contribution to the main ceremonial door of the [[Doge's Palace]], the so-called Porta della Carta, but was called Porta Aurea because of how much gold they had added.<ref name=":1" /> Matteo Raverti was also known for his work as a sculptor for the [[Milan Cathedral]].<ref name=":52" />