Antonio Sandi (9 October 1733 - 4 September 1817) was an Italian engraver, mainly of

vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre ...

and maps of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

and the Veneto. Alticchiero

He was born in

Puos d'Alpago Alpago is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto. It is located about north of Venice and about east of Belluno. Lago di Santa Croce is located near Alpago. It was established on 23 February 2016 ...

in the province of Belluno in the Veneto, but lived and worked mainly in

. His brother Giuseppe (1763 -1803) was also an engraver. He died in Alpago. He collaborated with Francesco Tironi in producing a portfolio of twenty-four engravings (1779) of islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Many of the engravings depict thriving communities in islands that are now desolate.Metropolitan Museum
engraving of the ''Vedute of the island of Mazzorbo''.

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* 1733 births 1817 deaths Republic of Venice artists Italian engravers Painters from Venice People from the Province of Belluno {{Italy-engraver-stub