Francesco Hayez
Count Arese in prison, (1791 Venice, 1882 Milan)
Oil on Canvas
151 x 116 cm
Count Francesco Arese, among the first admirers of Hayez and commissioner of Carmagnola, was deeply involved in the revolution of 1821, and was arrested the following year and then sentenced...
Count Francesco Arese, among the first admirers of Hayez and commissioner of Carmagnola, was deeply involved in the revolution of 1821, and was arrested the following year and then sentenced to death in 1823. After being graced in '25 the Count returned to Milan, where he asked Hayez to make this painting that portrays him during his imprisonment, following to his precise instructions. The result was this singular historical portrait, one of the most significant of Hayez's ability to be the interpreter of the ideals expressed by his great commissioner in a progressive way.
Exhibitions
Mostra dei Maestri di Brera, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, February 1975Romantici e Macchiaioli, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Oct 2005 - Feb 2006
Gallerie d'Italia, Francesco Hayez, Milan, 7 novembre 2015 - 21 febbraio 2016
Literature
Hugh Honour, Il Romanticismo, nota introduttiva di Ferdinando Mazzocca, Piccola Biblioteca EinaudiG. Nicodemi, Hayez, 1934, image 9
G. Nicodemi, Hayez, 1962, p. 260 Image 29
E. Piceni, M. Cinotti, 1962, p. 465
S. Coradeschi, 1971, image 109
Catalogue of the exhibition: Mostra dei Maestri di Brera, Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, February 1975 - Image 182
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