Pittoni joined the Fraglia dei Pittori Veneziani, the Venetian guild of painters, in 1716.[7]: 104 From, probably, the same year until his death he was a member of the Collegio dei Pittori,[7]: 104 of which he became prior in 1729.[1] He was elected to the Accademia Clementina of Bologna in 1727.[2]: 28 In 1750 he was one of the forty-six founding members of the Veneta Pubblica Accademia di Pittura, Scultura e Architettura, which later became the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia; from 1758 to 1760 he succeeded Tiepolo as president of the academy, and was elected for a second term in 1763–64.[1][2]: 28