Marco Alvise Pitteri Figure Heads from 1760 in modern walnut wood frames

Marco Alvise Pitteri Heads of Character c. 1760 in modern walnut wood frames. They represent Saints Taddeo and Jacopo published in Venice cum privilegio Excellentiss. Senatus. Below on the left joannes Bapta Piazzetta Pinxit, and on the right Marcus Pitteri Sculpsit. Pitteri (Marco Alvise Pitteri - Venice 1702-1760) is a leading figure in the history of Venetian and Italian engraving, not only for the virtuosity that surprises with his chiaroscuro translations, certainly placed at the top of reproductive engraving, but also for the quality of the artistic result. A student of Piazzetta and engraver Giuseppe Baroni, he independently developed the burin technique of Claude Mellan in parallel cuts, successfully tested by his rival Antonio Faldoni. He was the most personal interpreter of Piazzetta's works; he reproduced about 140 of them, among which are the remarkable heads of characters, including the discussed prints.

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