Rasciotti, Donato (Rascicotti, Rasicotti, Rosigotti, Rascichotti)
Donato Rasciotti (c. 1572 - 1618), also known as Donato Rascicotti and Rosigotti, was an Italian print publisher, dealer, and printer of Brescian origin, active principally in Venice and possibly also in Bologna and Rome. His Venetian shop stood at the Ponte dei Barettieri, where he traded in maps, topographical views, and other engraved prints. Some scholars identify him with Donato Resegato, a 'printer of drawings' arrested in Rome in 1577 on suspicion of stealing drawings from Antonio Lafreri's workshop, although this identification remains uncertain. On March 7, 1598, Rasciotti obtained a twenty-five-year privilege from the Venetian Senate to publish a new collection of views and topographical prints. His business combined the publication of new engravings with the reuse of existing copperplates. He issued some works by Agostino Carracci in their first states and acquired older plates associated with Tramezzino and Rota, extending their commercial life through subsequent impressions.
AKA: Rascicotti, Rasicotti, Rosigotti, Rascichotti
Unrecorded state of a Lafreri-style map of Italy.
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This is the 1664 second state of Donato Rasciotti's 'Lafreri School' map of Italy, engraved by Giovanni Battista Mazza and reissued in Venice by Stefano Scolari from the plate first published in 1599. It preserves Giacomo Gastaldi's geographical work through Domenico Zenoi's 1567 adaptation, extending the commercial life of a Renaissance image of Italy well into the following century. Of note, Mazza's exceptional mastery of engraving is evident; here, dense, varied stippling of the seas creates the illusion of roiling waves, setting the peninsula, islands, ships, and engraved ornaments against a vibrant, almost living background. (more details)