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Johann Hamza (1850-1925) Oil on panel Austria, around 1890 This delicate oil painting was created by the famed Austrian artist Johann Hamza (1850-1925) around 1890. It shows a handsome couple sitting on a bench. The young lady looks slightly shy on the floor while her companion tries to approach her. Johann Hamza is one of those artists who brought Viennese genre painting to new prosperity in the 1880s. His mostly small-size paintings often represent charming scenes from high society as well as the ambience of Rococo, and enjoy great popularity, especially because of their narrative content. Signature: At the lower right signed and inscribed ‘J. Hamza. Wien Frame: Opulent wood and stucco frame with relief and reticulation Dimensions: 55 x 46.5 cm (frame), 42 x 33 cm (panel size) Condition: The painting and frame both are in excellent condition with minor signs of age and wear Provenance: Austrian private collection Auction result comparison: Dorotheum, 19th century paintings and watercolors, September 17, 2013, VIENNA, lot 149 (for another depiction of a love couple by Hamza) < BR>RefDec241018