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The basics
Quick facts
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Italian sculptor and architect
A.K.A.
Bartolomeo, the Elder Bon, Bartolommeo Buon, Bartolomeo Veneziano, Bartolomeo Bono, Bartolomeo di Giovanni Bono, the elder Buon, Bartolomeo Buon
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
(Venice)
Family:
Father:
Giovanni Bono
Children:
Bartolomeo Bon il Giovane
The details
Biography
Bartolomeo Bon (also spelled Buon; died after 1464) was an Italian sculptor and architect from Campione d'Italia.
Together with his father Zane Bon, he worked in Venice: they finished the decoration of the famous Gothic Ca' d'Oro (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 in London), the portal of San Polo and the Porta della Carta, which connects the Ducal Palace to St. Mark's Basilica.