Trivium Art History
Lavinia Fontana —Matriarch of the family business: painting1552 — 1614
One of the few women painters of the Italian Renaissance, Fontana raised 13 kids on the income of her paintings. Trained by her father in Bologna, Fontana continued the family business and thrived in a field dominated by men. Full biography coming soon.
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