Giovanni Marco Pitteri

Self-portrait

Giovanni Marco Pitteri (1703–1767) was an Italian engraver of the late Baroque period in his native Venice. He engraved densely incised portraits with shading of almost photographic quality. He is said to have trained under Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, and to have engraved in the style of Mellan. He engraved a drawing of Saint Philip by Piazzetta, in whose studio he worked. He had as one of his pupils Giovanni Domenico Lorenzi.

Gallery

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  Saint John the Evangelist
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  Saint Andrew
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  Saint Simon the Zealot
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  Saint Matthew
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  Saint Mark
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  Saint Francis of Paola (etching after Federico Bencovich)
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  Martyrdom of Saint Bartholemew, after Ribera (1750, copper engraving)
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  Saint Agnes, after Ribera (1750, copper engraving)
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  Saint Francis of Assisi, after Ribera (1750, copper engraving)
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  Liberation of Saint Peter, after Ribera (1750, copper engraving)