Portrait of Teresa Manzoni Stampa Borri is an 1849 oil on canvas painting by Francesco Hayez, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, to which it was given in 1900 by Stefano Stampa, the subject's son by her first marriage. She had also commissioned Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni from Hayez, showing her second husband, also in the Brera. [1]
Francesco Hayez was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and portraits.
The Pinacoteca di Brera is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the Brera Academy, which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera.
Il bacio is an 1859 painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez. It is possibly his best known work. This painting conveys the main features of Italian Romanticism and has come to represent the spirit of the Risorgimento. It was commissioned by Alfonso Maria Visconti di Saliceto, who donated it to the Pinacoteca di Brera after his death.
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, also known as the Accademia di Brera or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's main public museum for art. In 2010 an agreement was signed to move the accademia to a former military barracks, the Caserma Magenta in via Mascheroni, but the move had not happened by early 2017.
Domenico Induno was an Italian painter, primarily of genre and historical scenes. His younger brother, Gerolamo, also became a well-known artist and they often worked together.
The Museum of the Risorgimento, located in the 18th-century Milanese Palazzo Moriggia, houses a collection of objects and artworks which illustrate the history of Italian unification from Napoleon's first Italian campaign of 1796 to the annexation of Rome in 1870. The city of Milan played a key role in the process, most notably on the occasion of the 1848 uprising against the Austrians known as the Five Days of Milan.
Cesare Tallone (1853–1919) was an Italian painter.
Giuseppe Molteni was an Italian painter.
The Galleria d'Arte Moderna is a modern art museum in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is housed in the Villa Reale, at Via Palestro 16, opposite the Giardini Pubblici. The collection consists largely of Italian and European works from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
Francesco Barzaghi (1839–1892) was an Italian sculptor.
Carlo De Notaris was an Italian painter, active in a Neoclassic style.
Ignazio or Ignacio Manzoni was an Italian painter, active for many years in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He painted diverse themes, including history, battle, religious, and landscape paintings, as well as still-lifes and portraits.
Giovanni Philippone was born in Sicily in 1922.
Portrait of Febo da Brescia is a 1543-1544 oil on canvas painting by Lorenzo Lotto. It is identified with the commission mentioned in the artist's account books in April 1543 from Febo Bettignoli da Brescia, a nobleman from Treviso, for paintings of himself and his wife, which were delivered in 1544. After Febo's death in 1547 the painting passed to his wife's heirs and remained with them until her family died out in the 19th century. In 1859, via Francesco Hayez the painter, the Pinacoteca di Brera acquired the paintings of Febo and his wife - they still hang there.
Self-Portrait Aged 71 is an 1862 oil on canvas painting by 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.
Lampugnani's Conspiracy is an 1826 oil on canvas painting by Francesco Hayez, now in the pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, which acquired it in 1907. It shows the conspiracy led by Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani, Girolamo Olgiati, Carlo Visconti and Cola Montano to overthrow the tyranny of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, killed on 26 December 1476 in Santo Stefano church in Milan.
Pietro Rossi is an 1818-1820 oil on canvas painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, now in the San Fiorano collection in Milan. A copy is in the Pinacoteca di Brera, also in Milan. Both show Pietro Rossi, accepting an invitation from Francesco Dandolo via a messenger to take command of the Venetian resistance to the expansionist Scaligeri. The work links a heroic past event to contemporary events and a Romantic sensitivity, as in historical novels of the same period such as Alessandro Manzoni's 1840 The Betrothed.
The Sicilian Vespers is the title of three works by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, all showing the outbreak of the Sicilian Vespers.
The Revenge Triptych is a set of three mid-19th-century oil on canvas paintings by Francesco Hayez. They centre on a woman named Maria and her revenge upon a lover who has betrayed her.
Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni is an 1841 oil on canvas portrait of Alessandro Manzoni by Francesco Hayez, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera. It was commissioned in 1840 by Manzoni's second wife countess Teresa Borri Stampa and his son Stefano. After fifteen sittings the painter completed the work on 26 June 1841. Eight years later Teresa commissioned a portrait of herself by the same artist.
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