CODUSSI, Mauro
(b. ca. 1441, Bergamo, d. 1504, Venezia)

Palazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi: Façade (detail)

1500-04
Photo
Canal Grande, Venice

Corinthian columns, grooved on the first floor and smooth on the second, mark the façade, giving it a controlled plastic quality. Crowning the façade, over the trabeation, is a frieze decorated with a relief depicting eagles, unicorn, and shields with six roses, the symbol of the Loredan family.