Passegiato in Carrozza
£2,500
‘Passeggiata in Carrozza’ by Alfredo Tominz (1854-1936)
The painting – which depicts an elegant couple in a gig with their Miniature Pinscher running ahead – is signed by the artist and presented in a fine quality gold leaf frame. Tominz frequently signed his paintings under the pseudonym “J. Harwey” as a way of getting around an exclusivity contract with one of his dealers.
Alfredo Tominz was a fashionable and highly successful Italian painter of Belle Époque equestrian scenes, similar in style and execution to the work of his contemporaries Giuseppe De Nittis (1846-1884) and Jean Beraud (1849-1935). The painting is signed by the artist with his pseudonym “J. Harwey”, and presented in a fine quality gold leaf frame.
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After training with his father in Trieste he moved to Munich to become a student of Emil Adam (1843-1924), a celebrated painter of elegant equine portraits. Tominz’s reputation as a master of movement and anatomical accuracy and understanding of horse breeds won him many aristocratic European patrons including Alessandro Durini the 6th Count of Monza, Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim, and Count Coronini in Austria. Latterly, he became known for his large-scale paintings of Ancient Rome.
During his career Tominz exhibited in Vienna, Rome, Milan, and Turin, as well as in Prague where his painting of the Circus Maximus was awarded a gold medal at the 1891 World’s Fair, and in Vienna where he won a silver medal at the Exhibition of the Vienna Secession in 1902.
Dimensions: (framed) 72cm x 51cm (28¼” x 20”).
Dimensions: (canvas only) 59cm x 38cm (23¼” x 15”).
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Provenance: Private collection.
Presentation: Bespoke gold metal leaf frame.
Condition: Very good. Professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.