Il Consiglio alla Vendetta' (Vengeance is Sworn)
Francesco Hayez (1791–1882)
1851
this site may contain automatically translated textFrancesco Hayez painted the striking picture of 1851, “Vengeance is Sworn”. The composition is dominated by the two almost life-size figures at its center, their detailed treatment set off by the very summary background with its suggestion of Venetian palaces and a fountain. Hayez, too, was a master of the rendering of the distinct qualities of diverse types of cloth, from the flowered pattern of the dress, by way of the gleam of the silk, to the transparency of the veil. Hayez was intimately connected with the Viennese art world of this period. He had arrived in Vienna in 1836 in order to contribute to the process of reform then underway at the Academy of Fine Arts, and he was presented to the Emperor by Prince Metternich. Viennese painters of this period were also attentive to developments elsewhere in Europe; and awareness of what was being painted in England, in France, and in Italy ensured a certain openness that was to find its reflection in the work produced in Vienna. It is by reference to the art produced at this period in these other countries that we are able to make meaningful comparisons. Such broad reference supplies us with the criteria that allow us to recognise the significance and the quality of the painting of the Biedermeier era in Vienna, even by the standards established by this international context.
- Material/technique
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 237 × 178 cm
- Acquisition
- acquired in 2003 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein
- Artists/makers/authors
- Francesco Hayez
- Inventory number
- GE 1642
- Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
- sign. und dat. unten links: Fran. Hayez / in Venezia 1851
- Provenance
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1851 Enrico Taccioli Collection Milan; Duke Litta Modignani,
Milan; 1934 private collection, Switzerland; acquired from MDG Fine
Arts Ltd, London
- Place of origin
- Venice
- Place depicted
- Venice
- Iconography
- Genre scene outside
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