(b Rome, 1650; d Rome, after 1710). Italian printmaker. A pupil of Giovan Battista Galestruzzi, with whom he collaborated on a series of engravings after frescoes by Polidoro da Caravaggio, he is best known for his two series of engraved vedute: Fontane ne’ palazzi e ne’ giardini di Roma and Fontane nel giardino estense in Tivoli. These were printed by A. de Rossi in 1684, completing the famous work by Giovanni Battista Falda on the same subject. Venturini also contributed to other collections of Roman vedute, such as the Insignium Romae Templorum Prospectus (1684) and the Disegni di vasi, altari e cappelle nelle chiese di Roma (1690). On the whole he remained faithful to the style of his master Galestruzzi, which was analytical yet at the same time picturesque, whether in etching or engraving.