Marino Contarini oversaw the project and kept accounts that survive. It was built from 1421 to 1437 on the foundations of an older building that came to him through marriage. Giovanni Bon and his son Bartolomeo Bon were the architect-sculptors, and Matteo Raverti of Milan is credited with the main loggia's tracery. The article calls it the best-surviving palazzo in Venetian Gothic architecture, mixing Byzantine, Gothic and Islamic elements.
The facade is asymmetrical, with three stories and quatrefoil openings. Gold was added in 1431, and gilded accents, pale stone and red Verona marble gave the palace its name. By 1600 no exterior gold remained.
Baron Giorgio Franchetti led the restoration until his death on December 17, 1923, and Ferdinando Forlati took over. The article says Franchetti donated it in 1916 and also that it became a museum in 1927. It houses Mantegna's San Sebastiano. The article gives no dimensions or hours.
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