GIUSEPPE CANELLA
(Verona, 1788 - Milan, 1847)
Spanish guerrillas resting in the Aranjuez forest, 1835
Oil on canvas 80x103.5 cm
In a contemporary frame
Signed lower left: "Canella 1835"
Exhibitions: Brera Academy, Milan, Annual Exhibition, 1835
Written communication from Prof. Fernando Mazzocca
This important work is part of a pictorial cycle based on memories of previous experiences lived by the artist;
in this specific case, Canella stayed in Spain between 1820 and 1823, and noted, as he always did, impressions and annotations in his notebooks, which in some cases he translated into works.
The particularity of the work, of very high pictorial quality, is certainly represented by the subject, which refers to a very tense climate in the history of Spain, in which revolutionary reprisals and constitutional movements against King Ferdinand VII of Bourbon were suppressed also with the help of the French army.
Aranjuez is a Spanish municipality near Madrid, home to the famous Royal Palace of the same name.
