Giovanni Marco Pitteri

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Giovanni Marco Pitteri (1703–1767) was an Italian engraver of the late-Baroque period in his native Venice. He made densely incised, with nearly photographic quality shading, engraved portraits.[1] He is said to have trained under Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, and engraved in the style of Mellan.[2] He engraved a drawing of "St. Phillip" by Piazzetta, in whose studio he worked.[3] He had as one of his pupils .[4]

Gallery[]

  • St John

  • St Andrew

  • St Simeon

  • St Matthew

  • St Mark

  • St Francis of Paola (etching after Federico Bencovich)

  • Martyrdom of St. Bartholemew, after Ribera (1750, Copper engraving)

  • St Agnes, after Ribera (1750, Copper engraving)

  • St Francis, after Ribera (1750, Copper engraving)

  • Liberation of St. Peter, after Ribera (1750, Copper engraving)

References[]

  1. ^ Milizia, Francesco (1822). Remondini Tip. Editore (ed.). Dizionario delle Belle Arti del Disegno y Estratto in Gran Parte dalla Enciclopedia Metodica da Francesco Milizia, Seconda Edizione, Tomo Secondo. Bassano, Italy. p. 52.
  2. ^ Abecedario de P.J. Mariette: et autres notes inédites de cet amateur sur les Arts et les Artistes, Volume 4, by Pierre Jean Mariette, Philippe de Chennevières, Anatole de Montaiglon; Publisher: JB Dumoulin, Quai des Agustins #13, Paris; 1857-1858; page 184.
  3. ^ On exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts of San Francisco
  4. ^ Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi (1891). page 434. Diego Zannandreis, Giuseppe Biadego


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