Pietro Antonio Martini

Pietro Antonio Martini (1738–1797) was an Italian painter and engraver, active in a late Baroque style.

Biography

Born at Trecasali, he went to Paris to learn engraving working with Jacques-Philippe Le Bas. He also worked in London. He died in Parma.

One of the subjects of his etchings was views of late 18th-century art exhibitions themselves. For example, one etching depicts the 1785 Salon exhibition at the Louvre;[1] another engraving depicts a View of the Salon of 1785; and a third, the Exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1787.[2] These engravings are historically instructive in demonstrating the crowded stacked displays of artworks utilized in this period. Other etchings indicated that the admiring crowds may have been a stock image for use in other similar engravings.[3]

Among his etchings are the following:[4]

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