Lavinia Fontana | |
|---|---|
.png) Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1579 | |
| Born | |
| Baptised | 24 August 1552 |
| Died | (aged 61) Rome, Papal States |
| Resting place | Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
| Style | Mannerist |
| Spouse |
Gian Paolo Zappi (m. 1577) |
| Children | 11 |
| Father | Prospero Fontana |
| Elected | Accademia di San Luca |
| Patron(s) | |
| Signature | |
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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. 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]
- ^ Murphy, Caroline P. (2003). Lavinia Fontana: A Painter and Her Patrons in Sixteenth-Century Bologna. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-300-09913-3.
- ^ "Artist Profile: Lavinia Fontana". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Weidemann, Christiane; Larass, Petra; Melanie, Klier (2008). 50 Women Artists You Should Know. Prestel. pp. 18, 19. ISBN 978-3-7913-3956-6.
- ^ De Girolami Cheney, Liana (2015). "Lavinia Fontana's nude Minervas". Woman's Art Journal: 32. ISSN 0270-7993. OCLC 956553105.