GIACOMO CANEVA 1813-1865 - Lot 124

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GIACOMO CANEVA 1813-1865 - Lot 124
GIACOMO CANEVA 1813-1865 Shanghai Daotai Wu Xu and his officers, Shanghai, China, 1859. Photograph. Print on salted paper. Small traces of glue. 22.5 x 17.5 cm In 1859, Giacomo Caneva left for China and India. The aim of the expedition was to bring back silkworm eggs to combat the European worm disease. Although the trip ended in commercial failure, Caneva was able to take photographs in Peking, notably of the Summer Palace, and in Shanghai, such as the portrait shown here. Bibliography: "Obiettivo seta | Reframing Silk. Giacomo Caneva's photographs of the 1859 expedition to China", Venice, Museum of Oriental Art, exhibition 6/2/2026 to 26/04/2026, ed. Ca' Foscari, 2026, p.129.
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