Io2.0003_Balestra

Antonio Balestra (1666-1740), "Juno Placing the Eyes of Argus in the Peacock's Tail" (ca. 1714), oil on canvas, 167.7 x 104.2 cm, Norfolk, Chrysler Museum, Gift of Mr. Emile E. Wolf; obj. no. 52.59.2. —— Cf. Io2.0003_Balestra (1704)

Included by Ghio and Baccheschi (cited below) with this explication: "The picture, of remarkable quality, was donated to the Museum in 1952 by Emile Wolf; it was attributed to Balestra by all recent critics in agreement, with reference to the particular happy moment when the for the allegories put forth by Pommersfelden and Macerata. ... " (Ghio & Baccheschi, 199)

Ghio, Lilli and Edi Baccheschi. 1989. Antonio Balestra. Estratto da "I Pittori Bergamaschi", raccolta di studi a cura della Banca Popolare di Bergamo. Bergamo: Poligrafiche Bolis. — Item 42, pp 199 and 159 illustration.

The image at right is derived from Ghio & Baccheschi.