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Wednesday 28 May 2025, 04:00 PM • Rome

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Attribuito ad Antonio Balestra (Verona 1666 - 1740)

Two allegorical figures (Strength and Truth?)

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€ 7.000 - 10.000

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oil on canvas, in painted oval
96 x 84.5 cm

Il dipinto offerto nel lotto appartiene al filone di raffigurazioni allegoriche e moraleggianti, che dal Rinascimento in poi, sono tipiche della pittura veneziana. In particolare le due figure, identificabili probabilmente con La Fortezza e la Verità (o Venere) sono da intendersi come una sorta di Vanitas, che porta lo spettatore a riflettere sull'importanza della virtù e della rettitudine per tenere a freno i desideri e gli istinti.
Il dipinto trova un confronto con quello di Antonio Balestra raffigurante la Fortezza e la Verità, conservato a Pommersfelden, Castello di Schoenborn (cfr. L. Ghio e E. Baccheschi, Antonio Balestra, in I Pittori bergamaschi, Bergamo 1989, p. 256 fig.3).

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