Giovanni Balestra
Giovanni Battista Balestra (* 1774 in Bassano del Grappa , † 1842 in Rome ) was an Italian engraver .
Life
Balestra was a relative of the history painter Antonio Balestra . After his first artistic training in the family, he became a student of Antonio Suntach . As a student, Balestra also attended the Calcografia Remondini in his hometown.
At the age of 29 Balestra went to Rome in 1803 and settled there. As a copyist of old masters, he quickly specialized in the works of Raphael . Balestra was also known for his copperplate engravings of the works of Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorwaldsen . He also cut after drawings and designs by Paolo Veronese , Sassoferrato or Barbieri, called Guercino .
Giovanni Balestra died in Rome in 1842 at the age of 68.
Works
selection
- Balestra, Giovanni Battista (engraver), Gozzini, Vincenzo (draftsman) & Benvenuti, Pietro (designer): copper engraving after “Bacco e Arianna” . Europeana. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- Balestra, Giovanni: [Grafmonument voor Willem George Frederik, prins van Oranje, nu in de kerk van de Eremitani te Padua / engraved. door] Gio. Balestra . Europeana. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- Balestra, Giovanni (1774-1842). Graveur & Beys, Giacomo (17th - 18th; dessinateur). Dessinateur du modèle: Commandement suprême confié par le pape Pie VI au général Colli qui part pour la frontière: [estampe] . Europeana. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
literature
- Paolo Maria Tua: Balestra, Giovanni . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 408 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Michael Bryan: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical . Ed .: Robert Edmund Graves. Volume I: AK . George Bell and Sons, London 1886, p. 73 ( ia600400.us.archive.org ).
- Alfredo Petrucci: Balestra, Giovanni Battista. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 5: Bacca-Baratta. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1963.
- Giuseppe Jacopo Ferrazzi: Di Bassano e dei Bassanesi illustri. Bassano 1847, pp. 205-206 ( ia600608.us.archive.org ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Balestra, Giovanni |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balestra, Giovanni Battista (full name); Balestra, Giovani |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1774 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bassano del Grappa |
DATE OF DEATH | 1842 |
Place of death | Rome |