The painting takes up a suggestive glimpse of the ancient Piazza Mercanti (now Via Mercanti) around 1860, with the characteristic covered passage to the cathedral in the foreground, which was called the Porta della Pescheria Vecchia.The canvas, thanks to its signature, can be traced back to Carlo Canella, a painter born in Verona, addressed to painting by his older brother Giuseppe, who attended the Cignaroli Academy in Verona, later working there as a teacher. He immediately identified himself as a painter of views and perspective interiors, making his debut at the Brera Academy between 1829 and 1830 with a series of portraits. Later, his favorite subjects are urban and rural views of Verona, but also of Venice, Milan and Florence.