The palace was built in the 16th century to be a residence of the Bonfadinis, a family of Tyrolean merchants who joined the Venetian patriciate.

In the 19th century, the Jewish family of the Vivantes settled in the palazzo, initially as a tenant, giving the building its second name.

In the first half of the 20th century, the building suffered a prolonged degradation until the new owners carried out an important restoration in the 1990s.

[citation needed] The façade of the palazzo is rather simple, of three levels and an attic on top.

The structure has two rectangular portals on the ground floor flanked by square windows.