Pietro Balestra
Illustration — Cardinal Decio Azzolino, 1667, by Pietro Balestra. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Pietro Balestra (c. 1672 – after 1729) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Baroque period.
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Pietro Balestra
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- Born
- Pietro Balestra was born in 1672. · Siena.
- Died
- Pietro Balestra died in 1729. · Siena.
- Nationality
- Lombardy.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
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Illustration — Cardinal Decio Azzolino, 1667, by Pietro Balestra. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Pietro Balestra (c. 1672 – after 1729) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Baroque period.
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He was born in Siena, and was best known for his work in marble in Dresden, including a Meleager slaying the Calydonian Boar; Venus and Cupid, and Boreas and the Rape of Orithyia.
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1672
Pietro Balestra born at Siena.
1729
Pietro Balestra died at Siena.
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Pietro Balestra died in Siena.
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