FRANCESCO HAYEZ (VENICE 1791-1882 MILAN)

Lot 25
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ID 1344010
Lot 25 | FRANCESCO HAYEZ (VENICE 1791-1882 MILAN)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
FRANCESCO HAYEZ (VENICE 1791-1882 MILAN)
Bathsheba
oil on canvas
59 x 45 ½ in. (149.9 x 115.6 cm.)




Provenance

Acquired from the artist by King William I of Württemberg (reigned 1816-64) in 1827,
King William II of Württemberg sale; Felix Fleischhauer, Stuttgart, Rosenstein Castle, 10 October and following days, 1922, lot 29.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1998, lot 55.
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

F. Hayez, Le mie memorie, Milan, 1890, pp. 63, 275.
S. Coradeschi, L'opera completa di Francesco Hayez, Milan, 1971, p. 92, no. 95a.
F. Mazzocca, Francesco Hayez. Catalogo Ragionato, Milan, 1994, p. 180, no. 104.



Exhibited

Milan, The Brera, 1827, no. 41.
Padua, Palazzo Zabarella, Hayez dal mito al bacio, September 1998-January 1999, no. 36
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