Lavinia Fontana
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 410 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 24,1552 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Bologna |
| Italy | |
| Date of died | August 11,1614 |
| Died | Rome |
| Italy | |
| Periods | Mannerism |
| Italian Renaissance | |
| Renaissance | |
| Education | Ludovico Carracci |
| Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | |
| Elected | Accademia di San Luca |
| Job | Painter |
| Parents | Prospero Fontana |
| Rest place | Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome |
| Style | Mannerist |
| Works | Portrait of a Noblewoman |
| Patron | Pope Gregory XIII |
| Pope Clement VII | |
| Pope Paul V | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 437237 |
Lavinia Fontana Life story
Lavinia Fontana was a Bolognese 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.
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