The Sicilian Vespers is the title of three works by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, all showing the outbreak of the Sicilian Vespers.[1]
Measuring 150 × 200 cm, the first version was commissioned by the Marchioness Visconti d'Aragona. Hayez produced it in the Brera studio in Milan in 1822.[1] The second version measures 91 × 114 cm and was commissioned in 1826–1827 by Count Arese, recently released from prison.[1] Both versions are now in private collections, while the third version (225 × 300 cm), produced in 1846, is now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.[1] That version was produced for Vincenzo Ruffo, Prince of Sant'Antimo, Hayez's main patron.[2] This painting and a portrait of Ruffo's wife Sarah Louise Strachan Ruffo were two of several paintings produced for Ruffo while Hayez was staying in the Ruffo family home in Naples.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani on frammentiarte.it
- ^ (in Italian) Gli artisti e le opere – I Vespri Siciliani – Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Roma
- ^ Dario Mastromattei. "Vespri siciliani di Hayez: analisi, 6 June 2018" (in Italian). Arteworld.it.
External links[edit]
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani (version I) on frammentiarte.it
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani (version III) – on the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Roma site
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani (version III) – Storia dell'arte, on francescomorante.it