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Francesco Hayez
Italian painter (1791–1882) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791, Venice – December 21, 1882, Milan) was the main artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century in Milan.
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(1842-1844), Private collection, Terni
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Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
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