Artist: Annibale Fontana (1540 - 1587)
Nationality:Italian
Movement: Mannerism
Media: Sculpture,Engraving
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Biography:
Annibale Fontana first worked as a medalist and engraver in Milan and joined the Accademia della Val di Blenio. As a result of this association, Fontana received numerous commissions from high-ranking patrons and intellectuals. He visited Rome where he was influence by Michelangelo and then traveled to Palermo in 1570 where he carved large-scale marble reliefs for their cathedral. Fontana then returned to Milan and started working on the church of Santa Maria presso Santo Celso. He worked there from 1574 to 1587 and his style changed from Mannerism to classicism. He died at the age of forty-seven in 1587.

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