Prospero Fontana

Italian · 1512–1597 · Painter, Draughtsman

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Italian painter (1512-1597)

Born 1512, BolognaDied 1597, RomeOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q460751 ↗ULAN 500115593 ↗Museum works 9

Mannerism

Also known as Fontana, P. Fontana, Prosper Fontana, Prospero Fontana Bolognese

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Prospero Fontana, Deposition — **Deposition**1563
Art Gallery of New South Wales ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Gallery of New South Wales

Prospero Fontana, The Dispute of Saint Catherine — **The Dispute of Saint Catherine**1551
Capitoline Museums ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Capitoline Museums

Prospero Fontana, Poseidon — **Poseidon**1552
Villa Giulia ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Villa Giulia

Prospero Fontana, Untitled — **Untitled**1554
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ↗
CC BY 4.0 · Dguendel, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Prospero Fontana, Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria — **Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria**1540
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Prospero Fontana, The Adoration of the Magi — **The Adoration of the Magi**1549
Gemäldegalerie Berlin ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Prospero Fontana, Lamentation of Christ with worshipping male and female figures (Two Pieces) — **Lamentation of Christ with worshipping male and female figures (Two Pieces)**1568
Gemäldegalerie Berlin ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Prospero Fontana, The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto); Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso) — **The Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents in His Cradle (recto); Crowned Woman Kneeling in Landscape, and Other Sketches (verso)**n.d. · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash (recto), and pen and brown ink (verso), on tan laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Works in museum collections

Related artists — Italian, born 1487–1537