Antonio Baratti

Antonio Baratti (or Baratta; 7 January 1724, in Belluno (not in Florence as some sources say) – 28 July 1787, in Venice) 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. 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.

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 997 plates for the 33-volume Livorno edition of the Encyclopédie, 1770–1779

Works by his son Tommaso: 5 plates for Orlando Furioso Di M. Lodovico Ariosto, Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1772