Sicilian Vespers, 1846 (oil on canvas)

Sicilian Vespers (I Vespri siciliani), by Francesco Hayez, 1846, 19th Century, oil on canvas, 225 x 308 cm Whole artwork view. A country landscape enlightened by the sundown light, the background marked by a church on the left and the sea on the horizon, is enlivened with people who encircle the main scene: a young woman wearing a yellow garment collapses in the arms of a man; at her feet, a bearded soldier, wearing a blue coat with the white lily symbol of the France keeps his hand on his breast, after having been run through a sword; next to the dying man there are his killer and some male figures of different ages, while behind them a man facing backwards the viewer incites the crowd to revolt, raising up his arms and brandishing a knife in his right hand National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art-GNAM