Cherubino Kirchmayr (1848–1903) was an Italian painter. He was born in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, then part of the Austrian Empire, and studied in the Accademia di Belle Arti of that city, where for two years he was also adjunct professor of elements of figure painting. He mainly dedicated himself to

genre painting Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...

and portraits, and among his works are ''Ragazzaglia'' and ''Chioggiotti''. Among his portraits are those of the Albrizzi family, the Countess Anima Morosini, the Hoyos family, and Don Carlos, pretender to the Spanish throne. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 252.

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