Ruth (Hayez)

Ruth is an 1853 oil painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez.^[1][2] It depicts the biblical figure of Ruth, a Moab woman who married the Israelite Mahlon and was the great-grandmother of King David.

Ruth
Artist	Francesco Hayez
Year	1853
Type	Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions	137 cm × 100 cm (54 in × 39 in)
Location	Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Bologna

Hayez was a noted painter of the romantic style. Commissioned by Severino Bonora from Bologna, the painting is sometimes incorrectly dated to 1835. It is now in the collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna.^[3]