Emanuele Tovo

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 edit

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 edit

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

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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.

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