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Self-Portrait Aged 71
Painting by Francesco Hayez / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Self-Portrait Aged 71 is an 1862 oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez. The Uffizi had been requesting a self-portrait from him since 1858 via Andrea Appiani's daughter-in-law Giuseppina Appiani Strigelli and it finally arrived in 1863. It is still in the Uffizi's Vasari Corridor.
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Artist | Francesco Hayez |
Year | 1862 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 125.5 cm × 101.5 cm (49.4 in × 40.0 in) |
Location | Uffizi, Florence |
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At this period Hayez emphasised Risorgimento themes and became a symbol of the new unified Italy. The work is still in its original 19th-century frame, gilded with pure gold leaf. It is signed and dated "Francesco Hayez Venezia 1862" at bottom left. It was included in the 1975 Milan exhibition Mostra dei Maestri di Brera: (1776–1859).[1]
- Other Self-Portraits by the Artist
- Francesco Hayez, Self-Portrait in a Group of Friends, circa 1824, Museo Poldi Pezzoli (Milan)
- Francesco Hayez, Self-Portrait with a Lion and a Tiger in a Cage, circa 1830, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, (Milan)
- Francesco Hayez, Self-Portrait Aged 57, Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan)
- Francesco Hayez, Self-Portrait Aged 88, Galleria internazionale d'arte moderna (Venice)