Lot 209
209
GIULIO BENSO* (1601-1668)

Details
GIULIO BENSO* (1601-1668)

The Assumption of the Virgin (recto); Adam holding a Spindle with Eve behind (verso)
with number '152.H:4'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the corners cut
9¼ x 11¾in. (239 x 322mm.)
Provenance
C. Prayer (L. 2044)
Juan and Felix Bernasconi; Christie's, London, 8 December 1987, lot 21, illustrated (¨2,090)

Lot Essay

Mary Newcome Schleier kindly confirmed the attribution, and suggests that the study on the recto is related to a lost work by Benso. A squared octagonal study for this was inscribed on the verso 'Giulio Benso l'opera e nel Chiastro di St. Domn', Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 1982, lot 54