An unusually grand palace made to impress captured beautifully in this watercolour.
 
Palazzo Grimani di San Luca is a Renaissance palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, near the Rialto area, built in the mid-16th century for the Grimani family and designed by Michele Sanmicheli, with completion after his death by Gian Giacomo de’ Grigi. It is now the seat of Venice’s Court of Appeal.
 
The palace is notable for its imposing classical façade, which is divided into three sections with Corinthian columns and often described as echoing a Roman triumphal arch. Its plan also reflects a more formal Renaissance palace type, with a central atrium and strong symmetry.  This palace is one of those Venetian buildings where the outside is especially important, because its façade was designed to impress from the Grand Canal. And it really did impress and influence many buildings internationally including Stanford White’s Tiffany and Company Building in New York.
 
Apparently Andrea Palladio apparently submitted an alternative design for the palace, but it was not used; he later published his version in Quattro libri dell’architettura.
 
Interesting fact...
A long-running story says the oversized windows were made to outshine the house of a rejected love interest. Mine is bigger than yours I guess?