Who painted “The Kiss”?

“The Kiss” was painted by Francesco Hayez in 1859. Where to see it: Pinacoteca di Brera.

What to look for

Orientalism: the subject gives it away (turbans, tiles, deserts, minarets), painted with the polish of Academic art and strong Mediterranean light.

Francesco Hayez (10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is known for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and portraits, in an Italian version of 19th-century Academic style. Wikipedia

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More by Francesco Hayez

“The Lampugnani Conspiracy”, 1826
“The destruction of the temple of Jerusalem”, 1867
“Pope Urban II preaching the first crusade in the square of Clermont”, 1835
“Autoritratto in un gruppo di amici”, 1824
“Ulysses at the court of Alcinous”, 1815
“The Last Meeting between Jacopo Foscari and his Family Before Being Sent into Exile”, 1839
“The Victorious Athlete”, 1813
“Valenza Gradenigo before the Inquisition”, 1835