The Sicilian Vespers (painting)
The Sicilian Vespers is the title of three works by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, all showing the outbreak of the Sicilian Vespers[1].


Measuring 150×200 cm, the first version was commissioned by marchioness Visconti d'Aragona. Hayez produced it in the Brera studio in Milan in 1822.[1]. The second version measures 91×114 cm and was commissioned in 1826-1827 by count Arese, recently released from prison[1]. Both these versions are now in private collections, whilst the third version (225×300 cm) produced in 1846 is now in the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea in Rome[1] - this version was produced for Vincenzo Ruffo, principe di Sant'Antimo, Hayez's main patron[2] - it and a portrait of Ruffo's wife Sarah Louise Strachan Ruffo were two of several produced for him while Hayez was staying in the Ruffo family home in Naples. [3].
References
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani on frammentiarte.it
- (in Italian) Gli artisti e le opere - I Vespri Siciliani - Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Roma
- Dario Mastromattei. "Vespri siciliani di Hayez: analisi, 6 June 2018" (in Italian). Arteworld.it.
External links
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani (version I) on frammentiarte.it
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani (version III) - on the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Roma site
- (in Italian) I Vespri siciliani (version III) - Storia dell'arte, on francescomorante.it