Portrait of Alessandro Manzoni

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

^ (in Italian) Giorgio Cricco, Francesco Di Teodoro, Il Cricco Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell’arte, Dal Barocco al Postimpressionismo, Versione gialla, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012, p. 1515.
^ "Catalogue entry".
^ (in Italian) F. Mazzocca, I. Marelli, S. Bandera, Hayez nella Milano di Manzoni e Verdi, Skira, 2011, p. 62

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[1] (in Italian) Giorgio Cricco, Francesco Di Teodoro, Il Cricco Di Teodoro, Itinerario nell’arte, Dal Barocco al Postimpressionismo, Versione gialla, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2012, p. 1515.

[2] "Catalogue entry".

[3] (in Italian) F. Mazzocca, I. Marelli, S. Bandera, Hayez nella Milano di Manzoni e Verdi, Skira, 2011, p. 62

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