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Prospero Fontana

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Gender Male
Born Bologna
Italy
DiedRome
Italy
Bologna
Italy
1597
Bologna
Italy
Periods Italian Renaissance
Renaissance
Baroque
Mannerism
Known for Painting
Job Painter
Period by artworks Italian Renaissance
Renaissance
Mannerism
Baroque
Children Lavinia Fontana
Works Deposition
Sepoltura di cristo
A Middle‑Aged Woman
On view Capitoline Museums
Date of birth January 1,1512
Patron Pope Julius III
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Date of Upd.
ID502897
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Prospero Fontana Life story


Prospero Fontana was a Bolognese painter of late Renaissance and Mannerist art. He is perhaps best known for his frescoes and architectural detailing. The speed in which he completed paintings earned him commissions where he worked with other prominent artists of the period.

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