Salomon Corrodi 1810-1892

The view in the present work is taken from the quayside looking across the Canale de San Marco and shows from left to right, San Giorgio Maggiore, the Customs House and Santa Maria della Salute, the Doge's Palace and Piazza San Marco.

Salomon Corrodi was born at Fehraltorf in Switzerland in April 1810.  Originally his name was Korradi, but he later changed this to a more Italian sounding Corrodi.  He was a pupil or Wetzel and accompanied him and later Jacob Suter on many artistic trips to Italy.  By 1840 he became a favourite of Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, and also the Grand Duke of Tuscany besides other important figures.  Corrodi lived and worked for a time in Florence, Venice, Rome, Zurich and Munich, before finally settling back in Rome, after which he usually added 'Roma' after his signature.  He exhibited in Rome and was made a Professor and honorary member of the Rome Academy of Fine Arts.  He died at Como in July 1892