Francesco Hayez

(1791–1882) Italian painter (1791–1882)

Francesco Hayez (1791–1882) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a photographer. By year of birth, Francesco Hayez belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Francesco Hayez was born in Venice and died in Milan. Francesco Hayez trained at Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Accademia di San Luca, and Accademia del Regno italico. The teachers included Francesco Maggiotto, Teodoro Matteini, and Lattanzio Querena. Wikidata associates Francesco Hayez with Troubadour style, Orientalism, and Romanticism. The students included Ferdinando Brambilla.

The best-known works include ‘The Kiss’, ‘The Victorious Athlete’, ‘Bad der Nymphen’, and ‘The destruction of the temple of Jerusalem’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and portrait painting. The catalogue has 92 works by Francesco Hayez with free images. The dated works span the years 1807–1881. Works by Francesco Hayez are held by several collections, among them Breragalleriet, Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano, Gallerie dell'Accademia, and Villa Carlotta. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonie Sminck Pitloo, Giuseppe De Fabris, Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, Pyotr Sokolov, and N. A. Bestuzhev.

• Romanticism
• Kyssen
• The Victorious Athlete
• Ulysses at the court of Alcinous
• The Lampugnani Conspiracy
• Ritratto della contessina Antonietta Negroni Prati Morosini bambina
• The destruction of the temple of Jerusalem
• Ruth