Date

1860-1865

Object Type

Painting

Subject

Head of a Tiger

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera

Title

Testa di tigre

Creator

Francesco Hayez

Subject

Head of a Tiger

Object Type

Painting

Original Function

Teaching tool / model for the School of Painting

Date

1860-1865

Technique / Support

Oil on canvas

Visual analysis of the technique

The artist masterfully blends the tiger’s face into the dark background, creating a seamless transition that emphasizes the muzzle. His technique highlights the fine details of the fur’s colors and the tiger’s facial features.

Dimensions

cm 66 x 56.5

Acquisition

Gift of Angiolina Rossi Hayez, 1883

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera

Inventory number

Inv. 1980, 196

Bibliography

Mazzocca, Fernando. Entry no. 372. In Pinacoteca di Brera. Dipinti dell’Ottocento e del Novecento. Collezioni dell’Accademia e della Pinacoteca, vol. 1, Musei e Gallerie di Milano. Milano: Mondadori Electa, 1993. 332–333, ill.
Mazzocca, Fernando. Francesco Hayez. Catalogo ragionato. Milano: Federico Motta Editore, 1994. Entry no. 363, p. 345, ill. (with previous bibliography).
Valli, Francesca. Lo studio di Francesco Hayez. In Hayez a Brera. Il laboratorio di un pittore, (Milano, Accademia di Brera, Sala Napoleonica, 14 November 2015 - 21 January 2016), edited by Valli, Francesca, published in the exhibition catalogue Francesco Hayez (Milano, Gallerie d’Italia, 7 November 2015 - 21 February 2016). Cinisello Balsamo (Milano): Silvana Editoriale 2015. 332-333, ill.

Conservation status

Fair

Restoration history

Conservation work

Frame, base, secondary support

Modern frame. Rectangular frame, measuring 68.5 × 59.5 cm, made of thin black strips.

Unique identifier

0300663469