Self-Portrait Aged 71 Explained
| Self-Portrait Aged 71 |
| Artist: | Francesco Hayez |
| Year: | 1862 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 125.5 |
| Width Metric: | 101.5 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Uffizi |
| City: | 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]
References
- 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.
Bibliography (in Italian)
- Giorgio Nicodemi (ed.), Francesco Hayez, Milano, Ceschina, SBN IT\ICCU\LIA\0128630.
- Sergio Coradeschi, L'opera completa di Hayez, Milano, Rizzoli, 1971, SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0053262.
- Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gli Uffizi: Catalogo generale, Firenze, Centro Di, 1980, p. 895 [1979], SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0060995.
- Fernando Mazzocca, Francesco Hayez: catalogo ragionato, Milano, F. Motta, 1994, SBN IT\ICCU\MIL\0236634.
- Fernando Mazzocca (ed.), Francesco Hayez, Cinisello Balsamo-Torino, Silvana-Intesa Sanpaolo, 2015, SBN IT\ICCU\MOD\1652209. Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a Milano nel 2015-2016
