Lavinia Fontana : trailblazer, rule breaker / Aoife Brady ; with essays by Babette Bohn and Jonquil O'Reilly.

A ground-breaking artist of her time, late sixteenth-century Bolognese artist Fontana is widely considered to be the first woman artist to achieve professional success beyond the confines of a court or a convent. Fontana was the first woman to manage her own workshop, and the first woman to paint pu...

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Main Authors: Brady, Aoife (Author)
Bohn, Babette, 1950- (Author)
O'Reilly, Jonquil (Author)
Corporate Author: National Gallery of Ireland (Issuing body, Host institution)
Other Authors: Fontana, Lavinia, 1552-1614 (Artist)
Campbell, Caroline, 1973- (author of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Dublin : National Gallery of Ireland, [2023]
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Physical Description:159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, plans ; 27 cm
Format: Book

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