Marco Pitteri, “St Paul”, 1742, after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Marco Pitteri (aka Marco Alvise Pitteri; Giovanni Marco Pitteri) (1702–1786)—famous for developing “an original method of engraving (not etching), using parallel lines, which are thickened at regular intervals along their length with more deeply engraved sections” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG42160)

“St Paul” (aka “Sanctus Paulus”), 1742, from the series “The Holy Family and Apostles”, after the painting by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (aka Giambattista Piazzetta) (1682–1754) (see https://www.kollerauktionen.ch/en/337441-0001-1196-GIOVANNI-BATTISTA-PIAZZETTA.-H-1196_493349.html).

Engraving on fine laid paper trimmed within the platemark with loss of text below the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 10.4 x 7.8 cm.

Ravà 109 (Aldo Ravà 1922, “Marco Pitteri: Incisore Veneziano”, Florence, p. 21, cat. no. 109).

Note that the Rijksmuseum offers descriptions of two versions of this print: the larger version, Ravà 108: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200244630 and the smaller version, that I am showcasing, Ravà 109: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200244636.

See also the description of the larger version offered by Maria Agnese Chiari Moretto Wiel (ed.) 1966, “L’eredità di Piazzetta: volti e figure nell’incisione del Settecento”, exh. cat. Palazzo Ducale, Venice, p. 28, cat. no. 28.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression trimmed within the platemark (with loss of the text lines) and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet has no tears, holes, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this superb engraving executed in Pitteri’s remarkable technique of employing parallel lines interrupted with “dots”—somewhat like knots in string—to render form in dramatic light, for AU$329 (approximately US$212.45, EUR 186.85, or GBP 157.48), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this jewel of an engraving that despite its somewhat diminutive size is arguably one of Pitteri's masterpieces” (see Maria Agnese Chiari Moretto Wiel [1966], p. 28), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.