Prospero Fontana

1512–1597 · Mannerism

Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) was an Italian painter of late Renaissance and Mannerist art. He is perhaps best known for his frescoes and architectural detailing. The speed in which he completed paintings earned him commissions where he worked with other prominent artists of the period. Wikipedia

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Works

“Entombment of Christ”, 1548 — Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
“Adoration of the Magi” — Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
“Portrait of Cardinal Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, later Pope Julius III”, 1530–1550 — Musei di Strada Nuova
“The Dispute of Saint Catherine”, 1551 — Capitoline Museums
“The Adoration of the Magi”, 1549 — Gemäldegalerie
“Lamentation of Christ with worshipping male and female figures (Two Pieces)”, 1568 — Gemäldegalerie
“A Middle-Aged Woman”, 1550 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
“Soldiers on Horseback” — Nationalmuseum
“The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine” — Nationalmuseum
“The Holy Family with Saint Jerome, Saint Catherine and the Infant Saint John the Baptist” — Bowes Museum
“Deposition”, 1563 — Art Gallery of New South Wales
“Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria”, 1540s — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Prospero Fontana

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