Francesco Hayez

Feb 10, 1791 - Dec 21, 1882

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.

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"I Vespri Siciliani" (Sicilian Vespers) by Francesco Hayez

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