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Giulio Benso (30 October 1592 – 1668) was a Genovese painter of the early Baroque. He is known as one of the followers of the style of Luca Cambiasi.Benso was born in Pieve di Teco. Initially under the patronage of Giovanni Carl Doria he met Giulio Cesare Procaccini and was encouraged to study in the Genovese Accademia del Nudo. Afterwards he was apprenticed to Giovanni Battista Paggi.
