Palazzo Contarini delle Figure

The marble facade is attributed to either Antonio Abbondi (Scarpagnino), Mauro Codussi,[1] Antonio Lombardo, son of Pietro Lombardo,[2] or Giorgio Spavento[3] It was commissioned by Jacopo Contarini, procurator of San Marco, to replace an earlier palace in the Gothic style.

In the 19th century it was bought by marchese Alessandro Guiccioli, whose wife Teresa is recalled for her affair with Lord Byron.

The name Contarini delle Figure supposedly refers to caryatids above the ground floor portals below the main balcony.

The façade is divided vertically and horizontally by nine parts (three by three) and combines many decorative details highlighted by various colors.

The ground floor has a large water portal, flanked by eight single-light windows on two levels.