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The Kiss
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The Kiss

Francesco Hayez
1859
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The story

Count Alfonso Maria Visconti di Saliceto commissioned it and gave it to the Brera in 1886. Shown in 1859, it was read as a coded Risorgimento image, the blue dress and red tights nodding to France, Italy's ally against Austria.

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Object details

Title
The Kiss
Artist
Francesco Hayez
Date
1859
Culture
Not recorded
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object type
Paintings
Collection
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Credit line
Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number
EFA.1141
Original image
1920 × 2396 px
Source record
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License evidence
See the license

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