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GIOVANNI BATTISTA BENASCHI (TURIN 1638 - NAPLES 1688) Figure study for an Angel (recto); Figure studies (verso) Black chalk with white heightening on buff paper with traces of pink wash 422 x 561 mm (16 2/4 x 22 in) The present work is a preparatory study for the figure of the angel from the Scenes from the Life of the Virgin frescoes (fig.1) executed by Beinaschi between 1668 - 1675 in the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli a Pizzofalcone in Naples.