Self-Portrait Aged 71

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Self-Portrait Aged 71
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Artist Francesco Hayez
Year1862
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions125.5 cm× 101.5 cm(49.4 in× 40.0 in)
Location Uffizi, Florence

Self-Portrait Aged 71 is an 1862 oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist 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.

At this period Hayez emphasised Risorgimento themes and became a symbol of the new unified Italy. The work is still in its original 19th-century frame, gilded with pure gold leaf. It is signed and dated "Francesco Hayez Venezia 1862" at bottom left. It was included in the 1975 Milan exhibition Mostra dei Maestri di Brera: (1776–1859). [1]

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References

  1. (in Italian)Mostra dei Maestri di Brera: (1776-1859): Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, febbraio 1975-aprile 1975, Milano, Società per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente; Comune di Milano, Ripartizione Cultura, SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0038217.

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