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Fontana, Carlo (Italian architect and engineer, 1634-1714)
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Note: Born in Rancate, near Como. Fontana arrived in Rome in the 1650s. In 1666, he became the "misuratore della R. Fabbrica di S. Pietro," and in 1697, he became the architect of Saint Peter's, Rome. Italian architect. |
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Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1650s-1660s |
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(Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022] |
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Cortona, Pietro da |
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(Italian painter, architect, 1596-1669) [500115154] |
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Fontana, Girolamo |
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(Italian architect, 1668-1701) [500002340] |
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Rainaldi, Carlo from ca. 1661, on the twin churches in the Piazza del Popolo, Rome |
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(Italian architect, 1611-1691) [500008257] |
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Fontana, Mauro |
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(Italian architect, 1701-1767) [500116600] |
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Fontana, Domenico |
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(Italian architect, 1543-1607) [500022415] |
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Fontana, Francesco |
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(Italian architect, 1668-1708) [500028572] |
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Christina, Queen of Sweden 1669-1671, Christina commissioned Fontana to construct the Teatro Tor di Nona |
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(Swedish queen, 1626-1689) [500095065] |
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Cortona, Pietro da during 1650s |
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(Italian painter, architect, 1596-1669) [500115154] |
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Fontana, Baldassare |
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(Italian stuccoist and architect, 1661-1733, active in Poland and Moravia) [500096176] |
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Fontana, Francesco |
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(Italian architect, 1668-1708) [500028572] |
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Fontana, Girolamo |
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(Italian architect, 1668-1701) [500002340] |
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Gibbs, James |
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(Scottish architect, 1682-1754) [500118604] |
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Juvarra, Filippo |
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(Italian architect, scenographer, 1678-1736, active in Italy and Spain) [500022389] |
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Odam, Girolamo |
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(Italian painter, sculptor, and engraver, born 1681) [500185016] |
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Specchi, Alessandro |
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(Italian architect and printmaker, 1668-1729) [500031316] |
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Fontana, Carlo Stefano |
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(Italian architect, ca. 1675-1740) [500023928] |
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Fontana, Girolamo |
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(Italian architect, 1668-1701) [500002340] |
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(Italian architect and engineer, 1634-1714) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Italian architect, 1634-1714) ..... [AVERY]
(Italian architect, 1634-1714) ..... [BHA]
(Italian and Swiss architect and engineer; born Rancate (Ticino, Switzerland), 1634; died Rome (Italy), 1714) ..... [CCA]
(Architect, engineer, 1634-1714) ..... [CENSUS]
(1634-5.II.1714; Architect, Engineer, Roma) ..... [FDA]
(Italian sculptor and architect, 1634-1714) ..... [GRLPA]
(Italian painter, 1634-1714) ..... [PROV]
(Italian artist, 1634-1714) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Italian architect, 1634-1714) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Italian architect, 1634-1714) ..... [AVERY]
(artist, 1634-1714) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(Italian artist, 1634-1714) ..... [PROV]
(Italian architect, 1634-1714) ..... [RKD]
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Fontana, Carlo ........ | [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, CENSUS Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, FDA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, NGA-US, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred] |
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Avery Authority files (1963-)
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Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
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Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 89660398
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
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Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000) Subject, 1988
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RKD Artists database (2000-) 117312
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | | | | |
Subject: ........ | [AVERY, BHA, CCA, CENSUS, CL-Courtauld, FDA, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, PROV, RKD, VP, WL-Courtauld] |
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Carlo Fontana mentioned in the Gaetani d'Aragona inventory of 1699 may NOT be the architect Carlo Fontana
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Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n89660398
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Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1989-)
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Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 21 Aug 2002
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Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
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LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n89660398
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
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Portoghesi, Dizionario di architettura e urbanistica (1968-1969)
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000) Subject, 1988
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RKD Artists database (2000-) 117312
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same may be the case for the Colonna references to "Fontana" and "Cavaliere Fontana"
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Sgarbi, Roma: Dal rinascimento ai giorni nostri (1991)
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Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986) v.12, p.170 ff.
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Wikidata online (2000-) Q704356
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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