Veronica Fontana
Illustration — Bacchante by Veronica Fontana. First published in Lorenzo Legati's Museo Cospiano, annesso a quello del famoso Ulisse Aldrovandi, Bologna, 1677 Veronica Fontana (1651–1690) was an Italian engraver. Fontana was the daughter of the engraver Domenico Maria Fontana, and was a native of Parma, although she would be associated with Bologna for much of her career.
Veronica Fontana
Veronica Fontana · Vera Fortunati Pietrantonio Electa Lavinia Fontana of Bologna (1552–1614). Catalogo della mostra (Washington, The National museum of women in the arts, 5 febbraio-7 giugno 1998) ISBN: 978-88-435-6394 · Public domain
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- 1651 · Parma.
- Died
- 1690 · Bologna.
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- printmaker · illustrator · xylographer · copper engraver · painter
- Teachers
- Domenico Maria Fontana · Elisabetta Sirani
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Illustration — Bacchante by Veronica Fontana. First published in Lorenzo Legati's Museo Cospiano, annesso a quello del famoso Ulisse Aldrovandi, Bologna, 1677 Veronica Fontana (1651–1690) was an Italian engraver. Fontana was the daughter of the engraver Domenico Maria Fontana, and was a native of Parma, although she would be associated with Bologna for much of her career.
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Born at Parma in 1651, died in Bologna in 1690.
Training under Domenico Maria Fontana and Elisabetta Sirani is recorded.
Veronica Fontana, xilografia dal frontespizio de Il teatro dell'honore, Parma, 1675.
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- 1.Vera Fortunati Pietrantonio. Lavinia Fontana of Bologna (1552–1614). Catalogo della mostra (Washington, The National museum of women in the arts, 5 febbraio-7 giugno 1998). Mondadori Electa. 1998. 978-88-435-6394-4.
- 2.Dizionario biografico cronologico diviso per classi degli uomini illustri di tutti i tempi e di tutte le nazioni compilato dal professore Ambrogio Levati: 2. 82–. 1822.
- 3.Laura Marie (Roberts). Ragg. The Women Artists of Bologna . Methuen. 242–. 1907.
- 4.Joseph Strutt. A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a Short List of Their Most Esteemed Works. . With Several Curious Specimens of the Performances of the Most Ancient Artists. By Joseph Strutt. . J. Davis. 302–. 1785.
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