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Fontana (ii).
Italian family of painters and draughtsmen. They were active mostly in Bologna and Rome. (1) Prospero Fontana was a leading Bolognese exponent of Mannerism. (2) Lavinia Fontana, his daughter and pupil, was the first woman artist to have commissions for large-scale and public works as well as portraiture. The following members have entries:
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