(b Vicenza, c. 1520; d c. 1583). Italian printmaker. He settled in Venice in 1558 and from 1561 made etchings of maps (‘50 maps of diverse beautiful landscapes’, see Vasari, p. 423), as well as of series of ornaments (inspired by the plates of Antonio Fantuzzi) and, above all, landscapes of the surroundings of Rome and Naples. In particular he copied the romantic views by Hieronymus Cock in Praecipua aliquot romanae antiquitatis ruinarum monumenta (Venice, 1561) to illustrate the treatise by Vincenzo Scamozzi Discorsi sopra le antichità di Roma (Venice, 1582). In 1562 Pittoni began to publish two volumes of a collection entitled Imprese di diversi principi, duchi, signori (1578; Paris, Bib. N.), which was an immediate success and went through several editions in the late 16th century. For a long time he was confused with Battista dell’ Angolo del Moro, with whom he worked in very close collaboration, and with Andrea Schiavone. His prints are usually signed B.P.V. (Battista Pittoni Vicentino).