Pietro Balestra (sculptor)
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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
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Category:18th-century Italian male artists
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