Antonio Balestra

Italian · 1666–1740 · Painter, Printmaker

Antonio Balestra was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. (Wikipedia)

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Antonio Balestra was an Italian painter of the Rococo period.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1666, VeronaDied 1740, VeronaOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q386500 ↗ULAN 500002089 ↗Museum works 13

Also known as A. Balastra, A Balestra, A. Ballestra, ant. balestra, Anthony Balestra, Antoine Balestra, Antoine Balestra de Verone, Antonio Balastra and 5 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Antonio Balestra, Virgin and Child on a Cloud — **Virgin and Child on a Cloud**1702 · etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Antonio Balestra, The Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints Gregory the Great and Andrew — **The Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints Gregory the Great and Andrew**1734/1735 · pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Antonio Balestra, Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates — **Venus as a Huntress Appearing to Aeneas and Achates**1713 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, traces of red chalk upper left
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Antonio Balestra, Mary weeps over the dead Christ — **Mary weeps over the dead Christ**1724
Church of Saint Agatha ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Church of Saint Agatha

Antonio Balestra, The Holy Ghost, Angels and the Virgin with Saints Mark, Stanislau Kostka (Holding the Child), Aloysius Gonzaga and Francesco Borgia — **The Holy Ghost, Angels and the Virgin with Saints Mark, Stanislau Kostka (Holding the Child), Aloysius Gonzaga and Francesco Borgia**1710
Statens Museum for Kunst ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Statens Museum for Kunst

Antonio Balestra, The glorification of St. Oswald — **The glorification of St. Oswald**
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)

Antonio Balestra, Vulcan Giving Thetis Armour for Achilles — **Vulcan Giving Thetis Armour for Achilles**1715
Royal Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Collection

Antonio Balestra, The Centaur Chiron Receiving the Infant Achilles — **The Centaur Chiron Receiving the Infant Achilles**1715
Royal Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Collection

Antonio Balestra, Untitled — **Untitled**1703
Bavarian State Painting Collections ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bavarian State Painting Collections

Antonio Balestra, Mary as Queen of Heaven or Apotheosis of Saint — **Mary as Queen of Heaven or Apotheosis of Saint**n.d. · Brush and brown ink and wash, possibly over charcoal, on ivory laid paper, laid down on blue wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Antonio Balestra, Head of a Woman — **Head of a Woman**n.d. · Black chalk heightened, with white chalk, on tan laid paper, partially laid down on gray laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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