Pietro Balestra (sculptor)

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File:Cardinal Decio Azzolino, 1667, by Pietro Balestra (active 1700s, died after 1729). Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.jpg

Pietro Balestra (c. 1672 – after 1729) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Baroque period. 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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  • {{cite book | first= Stefano| last= Ticozzi| year=1830| title= Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni etá e d'ogni nazione (Volume 1)| editor = | pages= 101 | publisher=Gaetano Schiepatti |location=Milan | id= | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0ownAAAAMAAJ | authorlink= }}

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Category:17th-century Italian sculptors

Category:Italian male sculptors

Category:18th-century Italian sculptors

Category:Italian Baroque sculptors

Category:Artists from Siena

Category:1670s births

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Category:18th-century Italian male artists

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