Lavinia Fontana
Italian artist (1552–1614) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lavinia Fontana (24 August 1552 – 11 August 1614) was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting. She was trained by her father Prospero Fontana who was a teacher at the School of Bologna. She is regarded as the first female career artist in Western Europe as she relied on commissions for her income.[1][2] Her family relied on her career as a painter, and her husband served as her agent and raised their 11 children.[3] She was perhaps the first female artist to paint female nudes, but this is a topic of controversy among art historians.[4]
Lavinia Fontana | |
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Baptised | 24 August 1552 |
Died | (aged 61) Rome, Papal States |
Resting place | Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome |
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Alma mater | University of Bologna |
Style | Mannerist |
Spouse |
Gian Paolo Zappi (m. 1577) |
Children | 11 |
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Elected | Accademia di San Luca |
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