Giulio Benso (1601-1668)

The martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Details

Giulio Benso (1601-1668)
Benso, G.
The martyrdom of Saint Catherine
with number '352' on a label attached to the mount
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
13.1/8 x 9 in. (334 x 240 mm.)

Lot Essay

Similar in handling to drawings by Benso illustrated by M. Newcome in Genoese Baroque Drawings, exhib. cat., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1972, nos. 44-5. Mary Newcome dated these drawings to the early part of Benso's career.