Austrian Miners – a 19th century Biedermeier painting by Josef Ginovszky – Leoben
€2,300
A rare artwork showing a scene from Austrian Mining History
Dimensions
Size with frame 33,5 x 24,5 cm.
Circa
1830
Maker
Josef Ginovszky
Country of manufacture
Other
Description
Josef Ginovszky
(4. 4. 1800 in Töltzek near Eperies Hungary – 7. 5. 1857 in Leoben, Styria Austria)
studied at the Acadamy of Fine Arts Vienna, painted in Vienna and Leoben, mainly Genre, Hunting, and Mining Scenes.
Oil on wood, c. 25 x 17,5 cm, signed lower right “Ginovszky”, in the original gilt wood frame with carved hammer and pick sign on top; the frame with maker’s label “Franz Jeschke / Vergolder / wohnt auf der Wieden Waaggasse No 487 / in 1ten Stock / hat sein Verschleissgeschäft Lobkowitzplatz”
Size with frame 33,5 x 24,5 cm.
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WissenschaftlichesKabinet
Wissenschaftliches Kabinett
The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett is based in the inner city of Vienna, Austria and was established in 1988 by Dr. Max Weber. Later it was taken over by Simon Weber-Unger who specializes in antique scientific and natural history antiques. The Wissenschaftliches Kabinett Simon Weber-Unger exhibits at the Hofburg Antique Fair in Vienna, the Residenz Antique Fair in Salzburg, the antique scientific instrument fair in London and at antique fairs in Zurich and Munich. Simon Weber-Unger is the head of the antique scientific instrument department and antique camera department at the auction house Dorotheum in Vienna and has published articles about scientific instruments in several magazines.
