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Fontana, Prospero

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Fontana, Prospero (1512–1597)

Italian painter. A leading Mannerist in Bologna, he conducted a school of art there; Ludovico and Agostino Carracci were among his pupils. His Adoration of the Magi is in the church of Sta Maria delle Grazie, Bologna.

Fontana was born in Bologna and was influenced chiefly by imitators of Raphael. He frequently assisted other Mannerist painters; for example, Perino del Vaga in Genoa and Giorgio Vasari in Florence and Rome. His style was eventually influenced by Vasari.

His most eminent pupil was his daughter Lavinia Fontana, who was patronized by Pope Gregory XIII.



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