Francesco Hayez (1791–1881) was an Italian painter and important contributor to the Romanticism art movement within Milan. His uncle took note of his affinity towards drawing at a young age and set him up to apprentice with an art restorer in Venice. Hayez embraced his art training and eventually got to study under the renowned artist, Francesco Maggiotto. He continued his studies and went on to have a successful career and reputation as a painter. Hayez was known for exploring historical and political subjects, Romanticism, Neoclassism, the Nazarene movement, as well as generalized portraiture.
Paintings by Francesco Hayez in Chronological Order:
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| Family portrait, 1807 | Aristoteles, 1811 | Laocoon, 1812 |
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| Ulysses at the court of Alcinous, c.1815 | Mercury Gives Paris the Apple of Discord, 1817 | Thethys Immerses Achilles in the Waters of Styx, 1817 |
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| Wall Decoration (detail), 1817 | Wall Decoration (detail), 1817 | Portrait of Giuseppe Roberti, 1819 |
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| Portrait of Familie Stampa di Soncino, c.1822 | Sicilian evenings painting series, Scene 1, c.1822 | Portrait of Antoniet Vitali Sola, 1823 |
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| The last kiss of Romeo and Juliet, 1823 | Carolina Zucchi (La Malata), 1825 | Portrait of Conte Ninni, 1825 |
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| Self Portrait in a Group of Friends, c.1825 | Portrait of Countess Luigia Douglas Scotti d’Adda, 1830 | Portrait of Don Giulio Vigoni as a child, 1830 |
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| Portrait of Pompeo Marchesi, 1830 | The Refugees of Parga, 1831 | Portrait of Cristina di Belgiojoso Trivulzio, 1832 |
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| Portrait of a man, 1834 | Portrait of Ferdinand I of Austria, 1840 | The liberation from the prison of Vettor Pisani, 1840 |
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| Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni, 1841 | Caterina Cornaro Deposed from the Throne of Cyprus, 1842 | Melancholic Thoughts, 1842 |
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| Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago, 1842 | Portrait of Princess Di Sant ‘Antimo, c.1842 | Crusaders Thirsting near Jerusalem, c.1843 |
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| Ephraim, c.1843 | Meeting of Jacob and Esau, 1844 | Sicilian evenings painting series, Scene 3, 1846 |
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| The seventh crusade against Jerusalem, c.1846 | Portrait of Teresa Borri, c.1848 | Portrait of Antoniet Tarsis Basilico, 1851 |
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| Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli, c.1851 | Portrait of Matilde Juva Branca, 1851 | Portrait of a Venetian woman, c.1852 |
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| Venetian women, 1853 | Portrait of Antoniet Negroni Prati Morosini as child, 1858 | The Kiss, 1859 |
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| Portrait of Conte Baglioni, c.1860 | Portrait of Massimo d’Azeglio, 1860 | Self Portrait, c.1861 |
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| Odalisque with Book, 1866 | The new favorite (Harem scene), 1866 | Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1867 |
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| Inside the Harem, 1867 | Odalisque, 1867 | The Death of Doge Marin Faliero (The last hour of the Doge Marin Faliero), 1867 |
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| Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini, 1870 | Portrait of Antoniet Negroni Prati Morosini, 1872 | Self Portrait, 1878 |
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| Self-Portrait, 1878 | Count Camillo Cavour | Samson Slays the Lion |
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| The Two Foscari: Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice and his family | Valenza Gradenigo before the Inquisitor | Vase of Flowers on the Window of a Harem |
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