Francesco Hayez Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Francesco Hayez
Self-Portrait at the age of 88 in 1879
Born	(1791-02-10)10 February 1791 Venice
Died	12 February 1882(1882-02-12) (aged 91) Milan
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.

The Kiss (1859)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Ephraim, by Franceso Hayez
(1842-1844), Private collection, Terni
Francesco Hayez - Self-portrait with Tiger and Lion
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
Portrait of Giuseppe Roberti (1819)
Museo Civico, Bassano
Sicilian Vespers, Scene 1 (1821-1822)
Private collection, Milan
Portrait of the family Stampa di Soncino (1821-1822)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Portrait of Antonietta Vitali Sola (1823)
Private collection, Milan
Romeo and Juliet (1823)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
The Patient (portrait of Carolina Zucchi) (1825)
Museo Civico, Turin
Portrait of Count Ninni (1825)
Private collection, Treviso
Portrait of Don Giulio Vigoni as a Child (1830)
Private collection, Milan
Portrait of Pompeo Marchesi (1830)
Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
The Refugees from Parga (1831)
Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia
Portrait of Cristina di Belgiojoso-Trivulzio (1832)
Private collection, Florence
The Seventh Crusade against Jerusalem (1838-1850)
Palazzo Reale, Turin
Release of Vittor Pisani from the dungeon (1840)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
Portrait of the princess of Sant' Antimo (1840-1844)
Museo di San Martino, Naples
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
Melancholy Thought (1842)
Private collection, Milan
Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago (1842)
Private collection, Milan
Samson and the Lion (1842)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence
Meeting of Jacob and Esau (1844)
Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia
Sicilian Vespers, Scene 3 (1846)
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Portrait of Teresa Borri Stampa Manzoni (1847-1848)
Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia
Portrait of Antonietta Tarsis Basilico (1851)
Private collection, Rome
Portrait of Matilde Juva-Branca (1851)
Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
Portrait of a Veneitan Woman (c. 1852)
Private collection, Milan
Venetian Women (1853)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
Portrait of Countess Antonietta Negroni Prati Morosini as a child (1858)
Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
(See also the portrait of her done in 1872)
Portrait of Count Baglioni (c. 1860)
Private collection, Treviso
Portrait of Massimo d' Azeglio (1860)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Self-portrait at age 69 (1860)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Camillo Benso di Cavour (1864)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
The New Favorite (Harem Scene) (1866)
Private collection, Milan
The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero (1867)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (1867)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Venice
Odalisque (1867)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini (1870)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Portrait of Antonietta Negroni Prati Morosini, Oval (1872)
Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
Self-portrait at age 88 (1879)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Venice
Vase of Flowers on the Window of a Harem (1881)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Hayez's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli

Images for kids

Francesco Hayez – Self-portrait with Tiger and Lion (c. 1830)
Francesco Hayez, The Kiss (1859)
Self-Portrait
Portrait of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli
Destruction of Temple of Jerusalem (1867)
Refugees of Parga (1831)
Scene from Byron's drama The Two Foscari (Antonio Bernocchi family collection, today in the Museum of Fondazione Cariplo)
Sicilian Vespers scene 1 (1821–22)
Sicilian Vespers scene 3 (1821–22)
Meeting of Esau and Jacob
New Favorite in Harem
Odalisque (1867)
Ciociara
Samson and the Lion (1842)
Portrait, Matilde Juva-Branca (1851)
Portrait, Princess di Sant' Antimo (1840–1844)
Portrait, Antonietta Tarsis Basilico (1851)
Portrait, Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago (1842)
Portrait, Antonietta Vitali Sola (1823)
Portrait, Antonio Rosmini (1835)
Portrait, Camillo Benso, Conte of Cavour (1864)
Portrait, Massimo d'Azeglio (1860)
Portrait, Alessandro Manzoni (1841)
Portrait, Conte Ninni (1823)
Levite Ephraim (1842–1844)
Vengeance is Sworn (1851)
Secret Accusation (1847–1848)
Revenge of a Rival (The Venetian Woman) (1853)

Francesco Hayez facts for kids

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