Masterfully genre scene with monks as wine experts was executed by famous Italian genre painter Arnaldo Tamburini (1843-Florence - 1908). He exhibited at exhibitions in Venice and Florence from 1880s to 1900s. Our work was exhibited In Florence by artist union „Associazioni degli artisti italiani“ in 1906-1907. Tamburini‘s portraits of King Umberto I and of Emanuel II are in the Museum Civico in Pisa.

Literature : "General Artist Lexicon" by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed upper right, on the back is exhibition label of „ Associazione degli artisti italiani . Florence,1906/1907“.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 18" x h 22 2/3" (45,5 x 57,5 cm); framed w 25 1/2" x h 30 1/3" (65 x 77 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.