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Emanuele Tovo

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Emanuele Tovo (Turin, 19th century) was an Italian painter, mainly a prolific creator of portrait miniatures for the House of Savoy, but also of larger portraits and landscapes.

Biography

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He was born and resided in Turin. He completed portraits, in miniature on ivory, of Vittorio Emanuele II,[1] King Umberto I, Queen Margherita, Princess Elisabetta, the Duchess of Genoa and the Prince of Naples. Other works in miniature on ivory are L' Aurora, Zefiro e Flora and Dio Pane e Ninfe, exhibited in Turin. Among his paintings are two landscapes depicting Alpine regions and another titled Una mosca ed una formica.[2] He is likely related to the painter Petronilla Tovo .

References

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  1. ^ Gaetano Morelli, Vittorio Emanuele II: dai documenti di sua vita e morte, Libreria editrice nazionale, 1903, page 388.
  2. ^ Angelo de Gubernatis, ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 525.