The Venetian Canvas Venice, 1856. A child is born into the heart of a city defined by water and light. Alessandro Milesi begins his formal training at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, entering the studio of Napoleone Nani in 1869. The years between 1869 and 1874 are marked by rigorous study under Nani, a period that eventually leads him away from his birthplace to follow his master to Verona. This movement through the Italian landscape…