Anselmo Canera
Italian painter
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Anselmo Canera, or Canneri (active 1522–1584), was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance, born and mainly active in Verona.[1] He is noted for his frescoes and his collaborations with other Italian artists such as Bernardino India and Paolo Veronese.
Anselmo Canera | |
|---|---|
| Born | Verona |
| Known for | Palladian frescoes |
| Notable work | Insult to the Pharaoh |
Biography
Little is known of Canera's biography. He is said to have trained with Giovanni Francesco Caroto.[2] He painted frescos in some of the Palladian buildings in and around Verona, including Palazzo Thiene[3] and those of Villa Pojana in Pojana Maggiore.[4] During 1550-1560, he collaborated in such fresco work with Bernardino India. They were considered two of the top painters during their time.[5] This collaboration included their work for Villa Pojana, an estate in Vicentino.[6] Canera is noted in this project for his well-preserved frescoes on walls and cove vaults dedicated to the Roman emperors.[7]
Canera also worked with the young Paolo Veronese at the Villa Soranzo near Treviso in 1552,[8] and subsequently is recorded painting at Castelfranco, Vicenza, and Verona. Their work at Castelfranco for the Soranzo family involved a cycle of frescoes on the villa's walls.[9] This work only survived in fragments.[9] In 1584, his canvas of the Insult to the Pharaoh formed part of a trio of canvases, the others by Felice Brusasorzi and Paolo Farinati depicting scenes from the life of Moses in the Palazzo Ridolfi.[10]