File:Artgate Fondazione Cariplo - Hayez Francesco, Valenza Gradenigo.jpg
The work adds a fictional element to a historic episode, which at the time had become familiar through literary works: the tragedy Antonio Foscarini by Giovanni Battista Niccolini, published in Florence in 1827, and the French novel Foscarini ou le patricien de Venise.
Valenza Gradenigo, guilty of having attempted to save the man she loved – Senator Antonio Foscarini, condemned for treason in 1622 – is led before the Venice Inquisitors who include her father, the inflexible judge depicted in the centre of the room. Set against the skilfully studied theatrical setting of the scene with its contrasting figures and calibrated light effects is a silent dialogue of glances and expressions exchanged between the characters: the father’s stern composure, the furtive glance of the servant supporting the woman, the scornful expression of the young judge.
Valenza Gradenigo before her Father the Inquisitor, the first version of the painting executed in 1832 for the Milanese notable Antonio Patrizio, in the small format of an anecdotal painting, was donated to the Brera Academy in 1900, and is now in storage at Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo, while the later versions of the same subject dating from 1845 are lost. This second version was particularly popular with both critics and public, and Pietro Bagatti Valsecchi made many prints of it as well as enamel miniatures on copper and porcelain. This initiated a trend towards the depiction of obscure and tragic Venetian historical episodes in history painting, which were often replicated in different versions such as Last Meeting between Jacopo Foscari and his Family Before Being Sent into Exile, also in this collection.
Gallerie d'Italia - Milano
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| Native name | Gallerie di Piazza Scala | ||
| Parent institution | Gallerie d'Italia | ||
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| Coordinates | 45° 28′ 02.46″ N, 9° 11′ 24.14″ E   | ||
| Established | 3 November 2011 | ||
| Website | Gallerie d'Italia - Piazza Scala | ||
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- Esposizione dei grandi e piccoli concorsi ai premi e delle opere degli artisti e dei dilettanti nelle gallerie della I. R. Accademia di belle arti per l’anno 1835, Imp. Regia Stamperia, Milano 1835, n. 35, p. 11
- Ignazio Fumagalli, Esposizione di Belle Arti nell’I. R. palazzo di Brera, in “Biblioteca italiana, ossia giornale di letteratura, scienza ed arti”, vol. LXXIX, settembre 1835, p. 338-339
- Luigi Lambertini, Esposizione delle Belle Arti. Hayez, in “Gazzetta privilegiata di Milano, n. 262, 19 settembre 1835, p. 1029-1030
- Le glorie delle belle arti esposte nel palazzo di Brera l’anno 1835, Vallardi, Milano 1835, pp. 69-71
- Cletto Porro, Album Italiano. Esposizione di Belle Arti in Milano nel settembre 1835, in “Ricoglitore Italiano e Straniero”, a. II, settembre 1835, pp. 429-430
- Giulio Carotti, Appendice, in Francesco Hayez, Le mie memorie, con discorso di Emilio Visconti Venosta, R. Accademia di Belle Arti, Milano 1890, pp. 277
- Raffaello Barbiera, Il salotto della contessa Maffei, Istituto Editoriale Italiano, Milano 1940 (I ed. 1845), p. 18
- Giorgio Nicodemi, Francesco Hayez, vol II, Ceschina, Milano 1962, tav. 84
- Asta di dipinti del XIX secolo, Finarte, Milano 1970, n. 80, p. 14
- Sergio Coradeschi, L’opera completa di Francesco Hayez, Rizzoli, Milano 1971, p. 95, ill. n.152c
- Fernando Mazzocca, Francesco Hayez. Catalogo Ragionato, Federico Motta Editore, Milano 1994, n. 208, p. 243-244, ill. p. 243
- Caterina Ferri, Francesco Hayez. Valenza Gradenigo davanti ai giudici, in Tesori d’arte delle Banche Lombarde, Associazione Bancaria Italiana, Milano 1995, n. 518, p. 269, ill.
- Caterina Ferri, Valenza Gradenigo davanti ai giudici, in Carlo Pirovano, a cura di, Luci e colori del vero. Genti e paesi nella pittura veneta e lombarda dalle collezioni Ambroveneto-Banca Intesa e Fondazione Cariplo, catalogo della mostra, Monza, Serrone delle Villa Reale, 20 novembre 1998-24 gennaio 1999, Electa, Milano 1998, n. 42, pp. 102-103
- Paola Zatti, Valenza Gradenigo davanti ai giudici, in Sergio Rebora, a cura di, Le collezione d’arte. L’ottocento, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio delle Province Lombarde, Milano 1999, n. 118, p. 202-203
- Fernando Mazzocca - Sergio Rebora, a cura di, Capolavori in smalto e avorio. Pietro Bagatti Valsecchi e la miniatura d'après, catalogo della mostra, Milano, Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, 24 novembre 2004 - 6 febbraio 2005, Silvana editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2004, ill. p. 72
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