Caterina Cherubini (died 1811) was an Italian miniature painter. Cherubini, active for much of her career in Rome, was named a member of the Accademia di San Luca in 1760; the Accademia contains in its collection an anonymous oil portrait of her. She is said to have worked in

pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

during her career.Profile
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''. Her husband, whom she married in 1750, was the Spanish painter Francesco Preciado de la Vega. She is said to have been a poet as well. In 1788 Caterina Cherubini and her husband were inducted as honorary members of the

Accademia Clementina The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena. Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia f ...

in Bologna.

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