Lavinia Fontana
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) was an influential Italian Renaissance painter known for her portraiture and significant contributions to the arts as one of the first professional female artists in Europe. Born in Bologna to a painter father, she became the first woman elected to the prestigious Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Her work gained renewed interest in recent years, leading to exhibitions that celebrate her legacy and her role in expanding the canon of art history.
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Lavinia Fontana was an important painter of the Italian Renaissance whose work was recently rediscovered.
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