A pair of high qualitative family portraits was executed  in ca. 1830-1840s by Slovak- Austrian genre, portrait and flower painter Josef Ginovszky or Ginowsky (1800 Töltzek in Slovakia - 1857 Leoben, Austria). The artist studied  at the Vienna Academy and worked in Vienna. He painted portraits in oil and watercolour, still lifes, landscapes with animals and hunting works.

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: signed and dated (1)841 lower right .

Technique: both watercolours on paper, matted and framed.

Measurements: each image w 5 1/2" x h 6 7/8" (14 x 17,5 cm), framed w 10 1/4" x h 12" (26 x 30,5 cm).

Condition: in good condition due to the age.