Guido Fontana

Tin-glazed maiolica plate with Leda and the Swan

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

Biography[]

Fontana was born in 1490 in Castel Durante. 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.^[1]

Fontana designed a maiolica service for Anne de Montmorency in 1535.^[2]^[3] A candlestick from the service is at the Victoria and Albert Museum.^[3]

Fontana changed his surname to Durantino in 1553.^[2] He died in 1576 in Urbino.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Guido Fontana in the RKD
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Guido Durantino of Urbino". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Candlestick". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

External links[]

Guido Fontana on Artnet

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[RKD-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Guido Fontana in the RKD

[ngaguidodurantino-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Guido Durantino of Urbino". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

[vamcandlestick-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Candlestick". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

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