Frasi francesco hayez biography

Italian painter (1791–1882)

Francesco Hayez (Italian:[franˈtʃeskoˈaːjets]; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) 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.^[1]

Biography

Francesco Hayez was from a relatively poor family from Venice.

His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano.

Frasi francesco hayez biography

Francesco was the youngest of five sons. He was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and art collector. Hayez displayed a predisposition for drawing since childhood. His uncle, having noticed his precocious talent, apprenticed him to an art restorer in Venice.

Hayez would later become a pupil of the painter Francesco Maggiotto with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting cou