Marco Benefial

Marco Benefial — Gioacchino Martorana is recorded as having studied under Marco Benefial. the recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Works named in the authority record are Madonna and Child with St. Vitus and St. Francis and St Catherine Trying to persuade the Pope to move from Avignon to Rome. Work by Marco Benefial is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, Nationalmuseum, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fitzwilliam Museum. The heading is also recorded as Marco Benefiali, Marco Benefiale, Marco Benefiani and Cavalier Benefial. Marco Benefial is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q466471. The record continues: marco Benefial died in 1764 at Rome. Marco Benefial is recorded as painter. Institutional cataloguing adds that marco Benefial was born in 1684 at Rome.

Marco Benefial in brief

Born
1684
Died
1764
Known for
painter
Place of birth
Rome
Contents

Works and production

Catalogued output is recorded as follows.

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 5 works under this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. The same evidence establishes that the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. Madonna and Child with St. Vitus and St. Francis is dated 1740 and held by Department of Paintings of the Louvre (inventory RF 1997 31).

St Catherine Trying to persuade the Pope to move from Avignon to Rome is catalogued and held by Nationalmuseum (inventory NM 98). It is also recorded that study for The Prophet Jonah is dated 1718 and held by Philadelphia Museum of Art (inventory 2008-114-3). The Vision of St. Philip Neri is catalogued and held by Fitzwilliam Museum (inventory PD.48-2007).

Collections and holdings

The following public collections record material under this heading.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this name. Institutional cataloguing adds that department of Paintings of the Louvre records 2 objects associated with this heading. It is also recorded that nationalmuseum records 2 objects associated with this heading. The same evidence establishes that philadelphia Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading.

Fitzwilliam Museum records 1 object associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 9 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Internet Archive, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

In detail

Gioacchino Martorana is recorded as having studied under Marco Benefial. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome.

Works named in the authority record are Madonna and Child with St. Vitus and St. Francis and St Catherine Trying to persuade the Pope to move from Avignon to Rome.

Work by Marco Benefial is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Victoria, Nationalmuseum, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fitzwilliam Museum.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Benefial, Marco, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Benefial, Marco, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Can addition of MHT increase benefial effects of statins in treating postmenopausal women with known coronary heart disease?, Maturitas, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    The Sketchbooks of a Disciple of Marco Benefial and Agostino Masucci: Apprenticeship and Invention in the Work of João Glama Ströberle (1708–92), Getty Research Journal, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q466471: Marco Benefial

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Marco Benefial”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Marco Benefial as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Marco Benefial.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Marco Benefial (2 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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