The Portrait Society | Giuseppe Canella
2/7/1997 | 4th quarter 20th centuryCharcoal and acrylic on canvasH x L : 50 x 40 cm
Giuseppe Canella came from a family of artists and assisted his father with stage sets and frescoes from a young age. Canella specialised in landscapes and vedute. From 1811 to 1815, he worked in Mantua, then as a marine painter in Venice. Canella only stayed in Milan for a short time in 1819, but his urban views of the city are important historical documents of quarters which were destroyed later. In 1820, Canella travelled through Spain for several months. In 1823, he stayed in Paris and sold his paintings to the future King Louis Philippe, for instance, who enabled him to spend half a year studying nature in Fontainebleau. In the 1830s, Canella continued to travel Europe, painting landscapes in Alsace, Normandy, Holland and southern (Germany) as well as vedute of Vienna, Berlin, Dresden, Budapest, Rome, Naples and other cities. Canella died in Florence in 1847 and was buried in a grave of honour in the basilica of Santa Croce.
Object: The Portrait Society | Giuseppe Canella
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Manufacturer unknown
- Title:
- Small desk with roller shutter
- Date:
- after 1750 (?) - before 1950
- Inventory Number:
- 1950-027/589
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Furniture
- Mobiliary art
- Wooden furniture
- Carpentry
- Designation:
- Bureau
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 99 x 75.5 x 44.5 cm
- Description:
- A small desk with a semi-cylindrical roller shutter on four arched legs, white marble top with openwork gallery, two drawers on the outside, two on the inside with a movable board. Inlays on the edge of the roll closure and the outer drawers. Roll closure with two handles and a central lock.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Bequest
- Acquisition date:
- after 1953
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
Giuseppe Canella came from a family of artists and assisted his father with stage sets and frescoes from a young age. Canella specialised in landscapes and vedute. From 1811 to 1815, he worked in Mantua, then as a marine painter in Venice. Canella only stayed in Milan for a short time in 1819, but his urban views of the city are important historical documents of quarters which were destroyed later. In 1820, Canella travelled through Spain for several months. In 1823, he stayed in Paris and sold his paintings to the future King Louis Philippe, for instance, who enabled him to spend half a year studying nature in Fontainebleau. In the 1830s, Canella continued to travel Europe, painting landscapes in Alsace, Normandy, Holland and southern (Germany) as well as vedute of Vienna, Berlin, Dresden, Budapest, Rome, Naples and other cities. Canella died in Florence in 1847 and was buried in a grave of honour in the basilica of Santa Croce.
Object: The Portrait Society | Giuseppe Canella
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Manufacturer unknown
- Title:
- Small desk with roller shutter
- Date:
- after 1750 (?) - before 1950
- Inventory Number:
- 1950-027/589
- Collection:
- Furnishings
- Domain:
- Furniture
- Mobiliary art
- Wooden furniture
- Carpentry
- Designation:
- Bureau
- Measurements:
- H x L x P: 99 x 75.5 x 44.5 cm
- Description:
- A small desk with a semi-cylindrical roller shutter on four arched legs, white marble top with openwork gallery, two drawers on the outside, two on the inside with a movable board. Inlays on the edge of the roll closure and the outer drawers. Roll closure with two handles and a central lock.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Bequest
- Acquisition date:
- after 1953
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Collection of the Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNAHA) / Photo: Tom Lucas
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tom Lucas
