_Benedetto Gennari_ (Bolognese: 1633-1715).
The artist was the nephew and scholar of Guercino. He came
to England in 1674, and was for some time in the service
of Charles II. and James II. "I once saw," says Lanzi, "a
Bathsheba of Guercino, along with a copy by one of the Gennari.
The former appeared as if newly painted at the time, and the
latter as if many years previously, such was its inferiority
in strength of hand.... Benedetto subsequently formed for
himself a style in England, more polished and careful, and
exemplified it more particularly in his portraits."