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Artists›Giulio Benso

Giulio Benso

1592–1668

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WikidataQ547326

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Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓

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Aic
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Giulio Benso was a Genovese painter of the early Baroque. He is known as one of the followers of the style of Luca Cambiasi.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 85% · Updated 8d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (6)

The Assumption of the Virgin with Two Bishops and Other Figures

1630 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk on laid paper, laid down on a decorative mount

sheet: 33.1 × 49 cm (13 1/16 × 19 5/16 in.) mount: 41.5 × 56.5 cm (16 5/16 × 22 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child with Angels, Saint Benedict, and Saint Scholastica

1629 · pen and brown ink with brown wash, squared in graphite, on laid paper, laid down on old mount

sheet: 35.1 × 23.6 cm (13 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.) mount: 40.9 × 30.2 cm (16 1/8 × 11 7/8 in.) framed: 62.23 × 46.99 cm (24 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Male Nude and Warrior in Armor

1621 · Pen and brown ink, with black chalk, on brown tinted laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

30.2 × 18.6 cm (11 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Last Supper

1601 · pen and brown ink with brown wash

overall: 22.7 x 34.5 cm (8 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Birth Scene

1601 · brush and brown and blue ink with black chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on laid paper

Overall: 23.9 x 34.8 cm (9 7/16 x 13 11/16 in.) support: 26.3 x 36.9 cm (10 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

1601 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk

10 3/4 x 7 9/16in. (27.3 x 19.2cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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6 published of 8 catalogued · 8 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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