Francesco Hayez The Seventh Crusade against Jerusalem Painting ID:: 59284 new21/Francesco Hayez-622542.jpg
The Seventh Crusade against Jerusalem The Seventh Crusade against Jerusalem (1838-1850)
Palazzo Reale, Turin
Francesco Hayez Odalisque Reclining Painting ID:: 59285 new21/Francesco Hayez-565933.jpg
Odalisque Reclining Odalisque Reclining (1839)
Private collection, Milan
Francesco Hayez Release of Vittor Pisani from the dungeon Painting ID:: 59286 new21/Francesco Hayez-877895.jpg
Release of Vittor Pisani from the dungeon Release of Vittor Pisani from the dungeon (1840)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
Francesco Hayez Portrait of the princess of Sant Antimo Painting ID:: 59289 new21/Francesco Hayez-438563.jpg
Portrait of the princess of Sant Antimo Portrait of the princess of Sant' Antimo (1840-1844)
Museo di San Martino, Naples
Francesco Hayez Portrait of the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria Painting ID:: 59290 new21/Francesco Hayez-388357.jpg
Portrait of the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria Portrait of the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (1840)
Museo del Risorgimento, Milan
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni Painting ID:: 59291 new21/Francesco Hayez-337959.jpg
Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni (1841)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Hayez The Parting of the Two Foscari Painting ID:: 59292 new21/Francesco Hayez-626234.jpg
The Parting of the Two Foscari The Parting of the Two Foscari (1842)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence
Francesco Hayez Melancholy Thought Painting ID:: 59294 new21/Francesco Hayez-792568.jpg
Melancholy Thought Melancholy Thought (1842)
Private collection, Milan
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago Painting ID:: 59295 new21/Francesco Hayez-796237.jpg
Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago (1842)
Private collection, Milan
Francesco Hayez Samson and the Lion Painting ID:: 59296 new21/Francesco Hayez-895997.jpg
Samson and the Lion Samson and the Lion (1842)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Florence
Francesco Hayez Meeting of Jacob and Esau Painting ID:: 59297 new21/Francesco Hayez-839848.jpg
Meeting of Jacob and Esau Meeting of Jacob and Esau (1844)
Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia
Francesco Hayez Sicilian Vespers, Scene 3 Painting ID:: 59300 new21/Francesco Hayez-686827.jpg
Sicilian Vespers, Scene 3 Sicilian Vespers, Scene 3 (1846)
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago Painting ID:: 59301 new21/Francesco Hayez-425769.jpg
Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago Portrait of Felicina Caglio Perego di Cremnago (1842)
Private collection, Milan
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Antonietta Tarsis Basilico Painting ID:: 59304 new21/Francesco Hayez-845586.jpg
Portrait of Antonietta Tarsis Basilico Portrait of Antonietta Tarsis Basilico (1851)
Private collection, Rome
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Matilde Juva Branca Painting ID:: 59305 new21/Francesco Hayez-878646.jpg
Portrait of Matilde Juva Branca Portrait of Matilde Juva-Branca (1851)
Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
Francesco Hayez Portrait of a Veneitan Woman Painting ID:: 59308 new21/Francesco Hayez-395352.jpg
Portrait of a Veneitan Woman Portrait of a Veneitan Woman (c. 1852)
Private collection, Milan
Francesco Hayez Venetian Women Painting ID:: 59309 new21/Francesco Hayez-592863.jpg
Venetian Women Venetian Women (1853)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Countess Antonietta Negroni Prati Morosini as a child Painting ID:: 59310 new21/Francesco Hayez-257864.jpg
Portrait of Countess Antonietta Negroni Prati Morosini as a child 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)
Francesco Hayez Bather viewed from behind Painting ID:: 59311 new21/Francesco Hayez-863854.jpg
Bather viewed from behind Bather viewed from behind (1859)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Hayez Female Nude Painting ID:: 59314 new21/Francesco Hayez-782947.jpg
Female Nude Female Nude (c. 1859)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Count Baglioni Painting ID:: 59315 new21/Francesco Hayez-328572.jpg
Portrait of Count Baglioni Portrait of Count Baglioni (c. 1860)
Private collection, Treviso
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Massimo d Azeglio Painting ID:: 59316 new21/Francesco Hayez-559547.jpg
Portrait of Massimo d Azeglio Portrait of Massimo d' Azeglio (1860)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Hayez Self portrait at age 69 Painting ID:: 59317 new21/Francesco Hayez-222636.jpg
Self portrait at age 69 Self-portrait at age 69 (1860)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Francesco Hayez Portrait of Camillo Benso di Cavour Painting ID:: 59321 new21/Francesco Hayez-675266.jpg
Portrait of Camillo Benso di Cavour Portrait of Camillo Benso di Cavour (1864)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Hayez The New Favorite Painting ID:: 59324 new21/Francesco Hayez-343389.jpg
The New Favorite The New Favorite (Harem Scene) (1866)
Private collection, Milan
Francesco Hayez Odalisque with Book Painting ID:: 59326 new21/Francesco Hayez-962274.jpg
Odalisque with Book Odalisque with Book (1866)
Villa Carlotta, Tremezzo
Francesco Hayez The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero Painting ID:: 59327 new21/Francesco Hayez-367988.jpg
The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero (1867)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
1791-1882
Italian
Francesco Hayez Galleries
Hayez came from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano. The child Francesco, youngest of five sons, was brought up by his mother sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and collector of art. From childhood he showed a predisposition for drawing, so his uncle apprenticed him to an art restorer. Later he became a student of the painter Francisco Magiotto with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in 1806, where he studied under Teodoro Matteini. In 1809 he won a competition from the Academy of Venice for one year of study at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He remained in Rome until 1814, then moved to Naples where he was commissioned by Joachim Murat to paint a major work depicting Ulysses at the court of Alcinous. In the mid 1830s he attended the Salotto Maffei salon in Milan, hosted by Clara Maffei (whose portrait Hayez painted for her husband), and he was still in Milan in 1850 when he was appointed director of the Academy of Brera there.
Assessment of the career of Hayez is complicated by the fact that he often did not sign or date his works. Often the date indicated from the evidence is that at which the work was acquired or sold, not of its creation. Moreover he often painted the same compositions several times with minimal variations, or even with no variation. His early works show the influence of Ingres and the Nazarene movement. His later work participates in the Classical revival.