Podcast Episode 52: Lavinia Fontana

In this episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast, I'm discussing Mannerist artist Lavinia Fontana. She broke down many barriers and found commercial success in a time when this was limited for women.

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Header Image:

Self Portrait at the Virginal with a Servant

1577

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Bronze Medal with Fontana's Portrait

Felice Antonio Casoni, 1611

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Noli me tangere

Lavina Fontana, 1581

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog

Lavina Fontana, c. 1590's

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Fontana

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/lavinia-fontana/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lavinia-Fontana

https://scma.smith.edu/blog/lavinia-fontana-renaissance-artist

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/lavinia-fontana/m07575v?hl=en

https://www.kressfoundation.org/kress-collection/artwork/36b92498c23f10172bd2335da2e3643a4daf38cc4bead8f377b637bd288d44b9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99g6AXCfboE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ZtMklW4dY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accademia_di_San_Luca