Bartolomeo Bon (also spelled Buon; died after 1464) was an Italian sculptor and architect from
Campione d'Italia
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. His career spans the transition between
Venetian Gothic architecture
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and the rather late start of
Venetian Renaissance architecture.
Together with his father Zane Bon, he worked in Venice: they finished the decoration of the famous
Gothic Ca' d'Oro
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(1424–1430) and the marble door of the
Basilica di Santa Maria dei Frari. They were also entrusted with the construction of the ''Porta della Carta'' (1438–1442) at the
Palazzo Ducale.
Bartolomeo alone worked at a portal of the
Scuola Grande di San Marco (a lunette is now housed in the
Victoria and Albert Museum
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in
London
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), the portal of
San Polo and the Porta della Carta, which connects the
Ducal Palace to
St. Mark's Basilica.
Gallery
Venice - Well.jpg, Well of Ca' d'Oro
Foscari Arch upper level.jpg, Arc Foscari
Palazzo Ducale (Venice) - Porta della carta.jpg, ''Porta della Carta''
Virgin of the Misericordia, ca. 1445 - 50 - Victoria and Albert Museum, London.jpg, Tympanum of the ''Scuola della Misericordia''
Facade of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venice) - Portal.jpg, Portal of the basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Madonna dell'Orto Portail.jpg, Madonna dell'Orto church portal
References
Web Gallery of Art
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15th-century deaths
15th-century Italian architects
Italian Renaissance architects
Republic of Venice architects
1460s deaths
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors