''Self-Portrait Aged 71'' is an 1862 oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist

Francesco Hayez Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...

. The

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had been requesting a self-portrait from him since 1858 via

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's daughter-in-law Giuseppina Appiani Strigelli and it finally arrived in 1863. It is still in the Uffizi's

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. At this period Hayez emphasised

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themes and became a symbol of the new unified Italy. The work is still in its original 19th-century frame, gilded with pure gold leaf. It is signed and dated "Francesco Hayez Venezia 1862" at bottom left. It was included in the 1975 Milan exhibition ''Mostra dei Maestri di Brera: (1776–1859)''. ''Mostra dei Maestri di Brera: (1776-1859): Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, febbraio 1975-aprile 1975'', Milano, Società per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente; Comune di Milano, Ripartizione Cultura, SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0038217. File:Francesco hayez, autoritratto in un gruppo di amici, 1824 ca. 01.JPG, Francesco Hayez, '' Self-Portrait in a Group of Friends'', circa 1824,

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(Milan) File:Francesco hayez, autoritratto con tigre e leone, 1830 ca..JPG, Francesco Hayez, ''Self-Portrait with a Lion and a Tiger in a Cage'', circa 1830, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, (Milan) File:Autoritratto a 57 anni by Francesco Hayez.jpg, Francesco Hayez, ''Self-Portrait Aged 57'',

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(Milan) Autoritratto a 88 anni by Francesco Hayez - Venice.jpg, Francesco Hayez, ''Self-Portrait Aged 88'', Galleria internazionale d'arte moderna (Venice)

References

Bibliography (in Italian)

* Giorgio Nicodemi (ed.), ''Francesco Hayez'', Milano, Ceschina, SBN IT\ICCU\LIA\0128630. * Sergio Coradeschi, ''L'opera completa di Hayez'', Milano, Rizzoli, 1971, SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0053262. * Gallerie degli Uffizi, ''Gli Uffizi: Catalogo generale'', Firenze, Centro Di, 1980, p. 895

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SBN IT\ICCU\RAV\0060995. * Fernando Mazzocca, ''Francesco Hayez: catalogo ragionato'', Milano, F. Motta, 1994, SBN IT\ICCU\MIL\0236634. * Fernando Mazzocca (ed.), ''Francesco Hayez'', Cinisello Balsamo-Torino, Silvana-Intesa Sanpaolo, 2015, SBN IT\ICCU\MOD\1652209. Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a Milano nel 2015-2016 1862 paintings Portraits by Francesco Hayez Self-portraits Paintings in the Uffizi Paintings about painting {{1860s-painting-stub