Lavinia Fontana Paintings

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Lavinia fontana paintings.

Fontana studied with her father prospero fontana c. She is regarded as the first female career artist in western europe as. Lavinia fontana had also used such devices in her portrait of conte gentile sassatelli a nobleman of imola signed and dated 1581 oil on canvas 217 5 x 120 cm sotheby s milan 14 june 2011 lot 18 as ritratto di gentiluomo in arme. Lavinia continued to benefit from her scholarly ecclesiastical and noble connections sending paintings as far as florence rome and spain.

Lavinia fontana august 24 1552 august 11 1614 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. Lavinia fontana italian painter of the mannerist school and one of the most important portraitists in bologna during the late 16th century. In the context of the celebration of its bicentenary the museo del prado is presenting sofonisba anguissola and lavinia fontana a tale of two women painters an exhibition which for the first time brings together the key works by two of the most notable women painters of the second half of the 16 th century. Acquired through christie s 2018 by the klesch collection london.

A producer of over 135 sophisticated oil paintings lavinia fontana 1552 1614 was one of the first female portraitists to seek commissions. Her prolific body of work encompasses numerous categories of art including single and group portraits church altar art and narrative and historic scenes. She was one of the first women to execute large publicly commissioned figure paintings. Our fontana paintings are 100 hand painted on canvas by skilled artists.

Featuring a total of 65 works including 56 paintings loaned from more than 20. Lavinia fontana august 24 1552 august 11 1614 was an italian painter.