The Sicilian Vespers (painting)

The Sicilian Vespers is the title of three works by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez, all showing the outbreak of the Sicilian Vespers.

[1] Measuring 150 × 200 cm, the first version was commissioned by the Marchioness Visconti d'Aragona.

Hayez produced it in the Brera studio in Milan in 1822.

[1] The second version measures 91 × 114 cm and was commissioned in 1826–1827 by Count Arese, recently released from prison.

[1] That version was produced for Vincenzo Ruffo, Prince of Sant'Antimo, Hayez's main patron.