Francesco Hayez facts for kids
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Francesco Hayez
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Self-Portrait at the age of 88 in 1879
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Died | 12 February 1882 |
(aged 91)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Romanticism |
Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791, Venice - December 21, 1882, Milan) was the main artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century in Milan, he is most well known for his grand historical paintings excellent portraits.
Francesco Hayez was from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano. Francesco was the youngest of five sons.
Notable works include:
- Petro Rosso Imprisoned by the Scaligeri (c. 1820)
- A series on the Sicilian Vespers (1821-1846)
- Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (c. 1867)
- Portrait of Marin Faliero (1867)
- Vase of flowers on the window of a harem (c. 1881)
- The Kiss (1859) - Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Hayez died in Milan, age 91. His studio at the Brera Academy is marked with a plate.
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Family Portrait (1807)
Museo Luigi Bailo, Treviso -
Aristotle (1811)
Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice -
Ulysses at the court of Alcinous (1813-1815)
Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples -
Sicilian Vespers, Scene 1 (1821-1822)
Private collection, Milan -
Romeo and Juliet (1823)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo -
The Seventh Crusade against Jerusalem (1838-1850)
Palazzo Reale, Turin -
Portrait of the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (1840)
Museo del Risorgimento, Milan -
Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni (1841)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan -
The Parting of the Two Foscari (1842)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence -
Samson and the Lion (1842)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence -
Sicilian Vespers, Scene 3 (1846)
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome -
Self-portrait at age 69 (1860)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence -
The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero (1867)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan -
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (1867)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Venice -
Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini (1870)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Images for kids
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Scene from Byron's drama The Two Foscari (Antonio Bernocchi family collection, today in the Museum of Fondazione Cariplo)
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Portrait, Camillo Benso, Conte of Cavour (1864)
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Portrait, Massimo d'Azeglio (1860)
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Portrait, Alessandro Manzoni (1841)
See also
In Spanish: Francesco Hayez para niños