GAETANO CHIERICI Reggio Emilia, 1838 - 1920 In the Cloister Signed Chierici G f. and dated 1868 lower left Oil on canvas, 47X58.5 cm. Provenance: Brescia, Santa Giulia Art Gallery Italy, private collection Bibliography: The work is archived at the Baboni Archive for 19th-century Italian Painting and will be included in the updated catalog raisonné. See card at previous lot. Reference bibliography: Gaetano Chierici pittore (1838; 1920) exhibition catalog edited by E. Somaré, Milan 1938, ad vocem G. Morselli, La pittura di Gaetano Chierici (1838-1920), Reggio Emilia 1964, ad vocem

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