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Prospero Fontana

1512 - 1597

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Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) was a Bolognese 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. He was a prominent figure in the city of Bologna, serving as official arbitrator in the business disputes of local artists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prospero Fontana is the 955th most popular painter (down from 859th in 2019), the 2,408th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,197th in 2019) and the 201st most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Prospero Fontana ranks 955 out of 2,023. Before him are Herri met de Bles, Toyen, Vanessa Bell, Francesco Pesellino, Philip de László, and Elin Danielson-Gambogi. After him are Richard Gerstl, Bruce Nauman, Luca Cambiaso, Félix Ziem, Gilbert Stuart, and Gaspard Dughet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Prospero Fontana ranks 12. Before him are Manco Inca Yupanqui, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Devlet I Giray, Sibylle of Cleves, Robert Recorde, and Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł. After him are Diego Laynez, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Cristoforo Madruzzo, Galeazzo Alessi, Marcin Kromer, and Kamran Mirza. Among people deceased in 1597, Prospero Fontana ranks 17. Before him are Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, Gunilla Bielke, Luís Fróis, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Won Gyun. After him are Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Lucas van Valckenborch, Fernando de Herrera, Klaus Fleming, and Jakub Wujek.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Prospero Fontana ranks 2,408 out of 5,161. Before him are Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1591), Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat (1202), Mariano Rumor (1915), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Francesco Pesellino (1422), and Umberto Lenzi (1931). After him are Luigi Ganna (1883), Geminianus (312), Lazare Ponticelli (1897), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Luca Cambiaso (1527), and Publius Decius Mus (-400).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Prospero Fontana ranks 201. Before him are Bartolomeo Montagna (1450), Constantin Hansen (1804), Il Pordenone (1484), Plautilla Nelli (1524), Giampietrino (1495), and Francesco Pesellino (1422). After him are Luca Cambiaso (1527), Gaspard Dughet (1613), Carlo Cignani (1628), Romaine Brooks (1874), Giovanni di Paolo (1403), and Taddeo Zuccari (1529).

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