(Encyclopedia) Fontana, ProsperoFontana, Prosperoprôˈspārō [key]Fontana, Prospero fōntäˈnä [key], 1512–97, Italian mannerist painter, father of Lavinia Fontana. He aided Primaticcio in the decoration…
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(Encyclopedia) Fontana, Lucio, 1899–1968, Italian artist, b. Argentina. He lived (1905–22) in Milan, then several times moved from Italy to Argentina and back, remaining in Italy after 1947. Much of…
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