02 — ARTIST
FONTANA, Lavinia
b. 1552 Bologna · d. 1614 Roma
BIOGRAPHY
Italian woman painter, daughter and pupil of Prospero Fontana. She began her career in Bologna. She painted portraits and religious pictures, her earliest recorded work being the Holy Family of 1525 (Dresden). In 1577 she married a rich pupil of her father's, Gian Paolo Zappi, who became her assistant. Despite having eleven children she enjoyed a successful career, working in a style close to Correggio and Parmigianino in her religious works (often of considerable size), and to the Florentine Mannerists in her portraits. She moved to Rome in 1603, at the invitation of Pope Clement VIII, and died there.
WORKS IN ARCHIVE
12 OF 19 RECORDS
- Apollo and the Muses (Parnassus) 1600
- Family Portrait 1600
- Head of a Youth 1606
- Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 1581
- Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1600
- Minerva Dressing 1613
- Minerva Dressing 1613
- Portrait of Antonietta Gonzalez 1595
- Portrait of Antonietta Gonzalez 1595
- Portrait of Constanza Alidosi 1594
- Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani as Widow 1600
- Portrait of a Girl 1583
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
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