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Red Cloud
Portrait of Charles II of Savoy known as the Good
Lamentation over the dead Christ
Madonna and Child
The children of Charles I of England
Madonna and Child with Six Saints
The archangel Gabriel and Tobias
Bas-relief with a garland of flowers and fruit
Madonna and Child
The three archangels and Tobias
the return of the prodigal son
Portrait of a Gentlewoman
Madonna and Child
Trinity
Stigmata of St. Francis
The vanity of human life
Portrait of an Old Man
Annunciation
Venus
Bust of Minerva
Bust - manly portrait
Psykter di Euthymides
Plate decorated with ribbons and nets
Canteen bowl
Ingot Blade Kit
Landscape relief known as of Polyphemus and Galatea
Colombine ointment
Signpost
Fibulae with disc bracket
Portrait of Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy
Madona with Child
Story of Aeneas and Dido
The family of Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
Holy family with San Giovannino
The Sacra di San Michele
The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem
Table tureen
Rotisserie
Coffee cup
Kanjar (pug)
Japanese armor of the Do-Maru type
Parade plaque of Henry II of France
Corsaletto
Horse headboard
Portrait of a young girl
Self portrait
Male head
Naked young man next to an old oriental dress
Young man study
Pisces album
Fish album
Fish album
Bird album
Flower album

The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem

Francesco Hayez

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Royal Museums Turin

Royal Museums Turin

Piazzetta Reale, 1, Turin

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The large canvas has a place of absolute importance among the nineteenth-century paintings of the Royal Palace, mostly commissioned by Carlo Alberto to fill the void left by the works that merged into the Royal Gallery. The author, the Venetian Francesco Hayez (1791-1882), drew the subject from an episode in the Gerusalemme Liberata del Tasso, also present in the poem by Tommaso Grossi I Lombardi at the first Crusade. Hayez worked there for several years and with great commitment, with the aim of creating a monumental work of national scope, in which a large number of Christians were united in suffering and faith. From the point of view of the Risorgimento, this condition could be similar to that of the Italian people wishing to be freed from the Austrian yoke. It is no coincidence that Carlo Alberto, promoter of the wars of independence, wished to arrange the painting in the first antechamber of his representative apartment. Unfortunately the painter's work took longer than expected and by the time the canvas was placed in 1850 the king was already dead. Today in this masterpiece we still appreciate the fresh colorism reminiscent of the Venetian eighteenth century and the great drawing and portrait skills that have made Hayez the leading painter of Italian romanticism.
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Title: The thirst suffered by the first crusaders under Jerusalem

Author: Francesco Hayez

Date: 1833 - 1849

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Royal Museums Turin

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