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On his arrival in Genoa in c. 1605, Benso sought the protection of Gian Carlo Doria, in whose household he found lodgings. On Doria's recommendation, Benso was apprenticed to Giovanni Battista Paggi ( [+]
He was first trained by Orazio Cambiaso (active between 1583 and 1600), son of Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585). He spent most of his career in Genoa, where he was a successful painter of large-scale fresco [+]