 In 1710 Bencovich painted the altarpiece of "St. Andrew on the cross surrounded by St. Bartholomew, St. Carolus Borromei, St. Lucia, and St. Apollonia" for the church of "Madonna del Piombo" in Bologna, later transferred to the parish church of Senonches near Chartres in France.By 1715, he came to the service of the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz Lothar Franz von Schönborn and was to complete four large canvas masterpieces for the gallery in the Schloss Weißenstein in the town of Pommersfelden