Date

1867

Object Type

Painting

Subject

Odalisque reading

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Painting Collection. On long-term loan and on display at Villa Carlotta, Tremezzina (Como), since 1966

Title

Odalisca che legge

Creator

Francesco Hayez

Subject

Odalisque reading

Object Type

Painting

Original Function

Collection

Date

1867

Crest

On the stretcher, top left, black stamp with the inscription: "R. A." [Reale Accademia].

Technique / Support

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

cm 92 x 75

Acquisition

Bequest Angiolina Rossi Hayez, 1905

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Painting Collection. On long-term loan and on display at Villa Carlotta, Tremezzina (Como), since 1966

Inventory number

Inv. 1980, 200

Bibliography

Mazzocca, Fernando. Entry no. 400. In Pinacoteca di Brera. Dipinti dell’Ottocento e del Novecento. Collezioni dell’Accademia e della Pinacoteca, vol. 1, Musei e Gallerie di Milano, edited by Fernando Mazzocca. Milano: Mondadori Electa, 1993. 362-363.
Mazzocca, Fernando. Francesco Hayez. Catalogo ragionato. Milano: Federico Motta editore, 1994. No. 364, 346, ill. (with previous bibliography).
Fochessari, Matteo, and Anna Vyazemtseva. “Tra oggetto e soggetto. Il Libro nell’arte italiana tra Otto e Novecento”. In Libri nell’arte, exhibition catalogue (Genova, Palazzo della Meridiana, March 28 - July 14, 2024), edited by Agnese Marengo and Maurizio Romanengo, 2023. Genoa: Sagep Editori. 126, ill.

Conservation status

Good

Restoration history

Conservation work carried out in 1999 by Carlotta Beccaria & Barbara
Feriani. Studio di Restauro

Unique identifier

0300053458