Portrait of a Prelate

Lavinia Fontana Italian

Not on view

The daughter of a leading painter in Bologna, Lavinia Fontana became the most famous woman artist of her day and much appreciated both in Rome and in Madrid by Philip II. Miniature portraits such as this one were in vogue: El Greco seems to have made a specialty of them during his years in Rome (1570–77).

Portrait of a Prelate, Lavinia Fontana (Italian, Bologna 1552–1614 Rome), Oil on copper

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