PAINTER

Lavinia Fontana

1552 - 1614

Photo of Lavinia Fontana

Icon of person Lavinia Fontana

Lavinia Fontana (24 August 1552 – 11 August 1614) was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting. She was trained by her father, Prospero Fontana. She is regarded as the first female career artist in Western Europe, as she relied on commissions for her income. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lavinia Fontana is the 144th most popular painter (down from 139th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Italy (down from 491st in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Painter.

Lavinia Fontana was a 17th century Italian painter who is most famous for being the first woman to paint a self-portrait.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Lavinia Fontana by language

Loading...

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Lavinia Fontana ranks 144 out of 2,023. Before her are Mary Cassatt, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Edward Hopper, Émile Bernard, Lili Elbe, and Man Ray. After her are Antonello da Messina, Édouard-Henri Avril, Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, Frederic Leighton, and Fernand Léger.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Lavinia Fontana ranks 6. Before her are Pope Paul V, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Boris Godunov, Matteo Ricci, and Vasili IV of Russia. After her are Seonjo of Joseon, Hans von Aachen, Jost Bürgi, Edmund Spenser, Petrus Plancius, and Agrippa d'Aubigné. Among people deceased in 1614, Lavinia Fontana ranks 3. Before her are El Greco, and Elizabeth Báthory. After her are Camillus de Lellis, Luís Vaz de Torres, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mavro Orbini, Marina Mniszech, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Isaac Casaubon, and Man Singh I.

Others Born in 1552

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1614

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lavinia Fontana ranks 557 out of 5,161. Before her are Roberto Baggio (1967), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), Muzio Clementi (1752), Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Pope Agapetus I (490). After her are Elena Ferrante (1943), Antonello da Messina (1430), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Carlo Ponti (1912), Giuseppe Peano (1858), and Ornella Muti (1955).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Lavinia Fontana ranks 40. Before her are Pontormo (1494), Simone Martini (1284), Andrea del Sarto (1486), Parmigianino (1503), Annibale Carracci (1560), and Zeuxis (-500). After her are Antonello da Messina (1430), Filippino Lippi (1457), Gentile Bellini (1429), Pinturicchio (1454), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), and Umberto Boccioni (1882).

Italian born Painters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous