Gian Battista Benaschi (scuola di)

(1636 - 1688)

black pencil on paper (recto-verso); verso: sketch in sanguine and black pencil

37 x 49.5 cm

The drawing, which recognizes the hand of a follower of Benaschi, is taken from a painting kept in a private collection in Naples (see: V. Pacelli and F. Petrucci, "Giovan Battista Benaschi, Painter between Rome and Naples", Rome, 2011, pp. 272-273, fig. 4B resume). There is also a pen sketch of the same subject, coming from a private collection, not in a good state of conservation