Guido Fontana (1490 – 1576) was an Italian maiolica maker and the father of Orazio Fontana.

Biography

Fontana was born in 1490 in

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. He moved to Urbino, where set up shop there when he called himself Fontana. He bought a house with a potter's oven in Borgo di S. Paolo, Urbino.Guido Fontana
in the

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Fontana designed a maiolica service for

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in 1535. A candlestick from the service is at the

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. Fontana changed his surname to Durantino in 1553. He died in 1576 in Urbino.

References

External links

Guido Fontana
on

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1490 births 1576 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Artists from Urbino Italian potters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub