Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni explained

Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni is an 1841 oil-on-canvas portrait of Alessandro Manzoni by the Italian painter Francesco Hayez, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] Eight years later Teresa commissioned a portrait of herself by the same artist.

References

1. Giorgio Cricco, Francesco Di Teodoro, Il Cricco Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell’arte, Dal Barocco al Postimpressionismo, Versione gialla, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012, p. 1515.
2. Web site: Catalogue entry.
3. F. Mazzocca, I. Marelli, S. Bandera, Hayez nella Milano di Manzoni e Verdi, Skira, 2011, p. 62