Andrea Cherubini
Italian, b. 1833
A Still Life of Felled Game, 1864
Signed A. Cherubini, dated 1864 and inscribed R. (ll)
Oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches (75 x 99.6 cm)
Provenance:
Collection of Caroline H. Polhemus, before 1906
Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus to the Brookln Museum, 1906
Exhibition:
Brooklyn, NY, the Brooklyn Museum, "Summer Exhibition," Jun. 7-Oct. 1, 1933, no. 50
Literature
Archivio Storico d'Arte Contemporanea della Biennale. Le opere italiane moderne nella gallerie straniere: estratto dal numero speciale del bollettino del biennale "L'arte nelle mostre italiane" del mese del marzo 1943 a cura dell'Archivio storico d'arte contemporanea della biennale, Venice, 1943, p. 89, as "Giuoco."
Devree, Howard, "Across the East River: The Brooklyn Museum's Summer Shows of Paintings and of Arms and Armor," The New York Times, July 23, 1933, p X5
Cass, David B. and John Wetenhall, Italian Paitings, 1850-1910, from Collections in the Northeastern United States, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, MA, 1982, p. 80

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