Filippo Bon, a Procurator, commissioned Baldassarre Longhena in 1649 to combine two earlier houses. Longhena died in 1682, and work halted when Bon's finances failed. Giambattista Rezzonico bought the unfinished building in 1750 for 60,000 gold ducats and hired Giorgio Massari, who completed the facade by 1752, largely following Longhena's plan in a lighter rococo manner.
The article calls the style Venetian Baroque with later Rococo changes, such as slimmer facade pillars. The facade is white marble, and red Verona marble covers the walls of the portego. Massari's double-height ballroom is about 46 by 79 feet (14 by 24 m).
Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo painted the ceiling of the Salon of the Allegory for a 1758 marriage. The city of Venice bought the palazzo in June 1935, and the museum of 18th-century Venice opened in 1936. The article gives no hours or ticket prices.
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