The palace was built in the mid-16th century for procurator
Gerolamo Grimani by architect
Michele Sanmicheli, and completed after his death by Gian Giacomo de' Grigi, known as "il Bergamasco". It has a classical plan with a central atrium. The facade has three sectors with Corinthian columns, suggestive of an Ancient Roman
triumphal arch. It was the residence of the patrician
Grimani family until 1806. Palazzo Grimani is currently the seat of the Venice' Appeal Court. The building was the inspiration for architect
Stanford White of
McKim, Mead & White, who, in the early 1900s, modelled his design for the
Tiffany and Company Building at 401 5th Avenue in New York after it. ==References==