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

Orazio Fontana Orazio Fontana (1510–1571) was an Italian potter and maiolica painter, who introduced ''istoriato'' maiolica in Urbino. Biography He was born in Castel Durante as the son of Guido Durantino, who was also known as Guido Fontana. Along wi ...

Biography

Fontana was born in 1490 in

Castel Durante Urbania is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region of Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro, next to the river Metauro. Urbania borders the following municipalities: A ...

. 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 RKD Fontana designed a maiolica service for

Anne de Montmorency Anne, Duke of Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter (15 March 1493, Chantilly, Oise12 November 1567, Paris) was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France and served five kings. Early lif ...

in 1535. A candlestick from the service is at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

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

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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