Pietro Fontana (engraver)

Pietro Fontana (engraver)

Pietro Fontana (1762 - 18 September 1837) was an Italian engraver.

Born in Bassano Romano, he worked in Rome and specialized in subjects dealing with the Vatican and the Papacy; he was a member of the Accademia di San Luca. He started his career as a student of Raffaello Morghen, and is best known for his complete series of engravings of the sculptures of Canova.

He died in Rome in 1837.


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