Antonio Baratti

Antonio Baratti (or Baratta; 7 January 1724, in Belluno (not in Florence as some sources say)^[1] – 28 July 1787, in Venice)^[2] was an Italian engraver, etcher and printmaker.

Baratti was educated in the workshop of Joseph Wagner in Venice, later together with Fabio Berardi and Francesco Bartolozzi.^[3][2] Baratti studied and worked for a time at an engraver's workshop in Bassano del Grappa. He married Valentina Monaco and opened his own workshop in which he was supported by his wife and his three sons, Domenico, Tommaso (or Tomaso) and Pietro and soon also by the pupils Antonio Sandi and Giuseppe Daniotto.^[3]

Antonio Baratti: Portrait of Giambettino Cignaroli drawn by his nephew Saverio Dalla Rosa for the biography by Ippolito Bevilacqua, 1771

He engraved single-sheet prints and prints as parts of larger publications. Among the motives are portraits and about 140 religious themed works, those after works by Paolo Veronese, Francesco Vanni, Guido Reni, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and Pietro Antonio Novelli.^[3]

Baratti died on 28 July 1787 in Venice.^[2]

Biography

Born in Belluno on 7 January 1724, he was educated at Joseph Wagner (engraver) workshop in Venice.^[4] He studied and worked at an engraver's workshop in Bassano del Grappa until, after marrying Valentina Monaco, he opened his own workshop in which he was joined by his wife and three sons Domenico, Tommaso (or Tomaso) and Pietro and soon also by pupils Antonio Sandi and Giuseppe Daniotto.

He engraved single-sheet prints and prints as parts of larger publications. Motifs include portraits and about 140 religious-themed works, those inspired by works by Paolo Veronese, Francesco Vanni, Guido Reni, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and Pietro Antonio Novelli.

Baratti died in Venice on 28 July 1787.^[5]

Some works

• 121 plates for the Italian edition Dizionario mitologico by André Declaustre, Venice: Domenico Ferrarin, 1755–1758, vol. 1 (1755), 2 (1755), 3 (1758)
• 4 plates after works by Paolo Veronese, Francesco Vanni, Guido Reni and Onorio Marinari for the Raccolta di ottanta stampe rappresentanti i quadri più scelti dei SS. Marchesi Gerini di Firenze, Florence, 1786^[6]
• 997 plates for the 33-volume Livorno edition of the Encyclopédie, 1770–1779^[3]
• portrait of Giambettino Cignaroli drawn by his nephew Saverio Dalla Rosa in the biography Ippolito Bevilacqua (1771), Memorie della vita di Giambettino Cignaroli, eccellente dipintor veronese (in Italian), Illustrator: Antonio Baratti, Verona: Stamperia Moroni, OCLC 78419496, Wikidata Q54139661^[7]

Works by his son Tommaso:

• 5 plates for Orlando Furioso Di M. Lodovico Ariosto, Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1772^[8][2]