Giovanni Balestra
Giovanni Balestra (1774–1842) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Bassano del Grappa, and was a relative of Antonio Balestra. He studied under Antonio Suntach and attended the engraver's workshop of Count Giovanni Antonio Remondini in Bassano.
Giovanni Balestra
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- Giovanni Balestra was born in 1774. · Bassano del Grappa.
- Died
- Giovanni Balestra died in 1842. · Rome.
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- engraver · painter · graphic artist
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- Italian
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Giovanni Balestra (1774–1842) was an Italian engraver. He was born in Bassano del Grappa, and was a relative of Antonio Balestra. He studied under Antonio Suntach and attended the engraver's workshop of Count Giovanni Antonio Remondini in Bassano.
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In 1803, he moved to Rome. He engraved Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Fountain after Il Garofalo; The Penitent Magdalene after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo; Madonna del Rosario after Sassoferrato; and Aurora and Cephalus after Annibale Carracci. He also made engravings of the Roman works of Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorwaldsen. He died in Rome in 1842.
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Identificatie Titel(s): Paris. Sculpturen van Antonio Canova (serietitel)
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Giovanni Balestra was born at Bassano del Grappa.
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Giovanni Balestra died at Rome.
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