Antonio Balestra

Lugar: Verona

Nascido: 1666

Morte: 1740

Biografia:

Antonio Balestra (12 August 1666–21 April 1740) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. Born in Verona, he first apprenticed there with Giovanni Zeffio. By 1690 he moved to Venice, where he worked for three years under Antonio Bellucci, then moved to Bologna and then to paint in Carlo Maratta's workshop in Rome. In 1694, he won a prize from th...