books0977:La Meditazione (1851). Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791-1882). Oil on canvas.One of several
books0977:La Meditazione (1851). Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791-1882). Oil on canvas.One of several versions of works portraying the dark-haired and pale-skinned young woman in plain dress. Her melancholic attitude is explicitly connected to the failed hopes of 1848 and the Cinque Giornati in Milan. The original title of the painting was Italia nel 1848. -- source link