Guido Fontana
Maiolica painter from Italy
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| Intro | Maiolica painter from Italy | ||
| A.K.A. | Guido Durantino | ||
| A.K.A. | Guido Durantino | ||
| Places | Italy | ||
| was | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | 1 January 1490, Urbania, Pesaro and Urbino Province, Marche, Italy | ||
| Death | 1 January 1576Urbino, Pesaro and Urbino Province, Marche, Italy (aged 86 years) | ||
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Guido Fontana (1490 – 1576), was an Italian maiolica maker and the father of Orazio Fontana.
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He was born in Castel Durante and was known as Durantino until he moved to Urbino and set up shop there when he called himself Fontana. He bought a house with a potter's oven in Borgo di S. Paolo, Urbino.
He died in Urbino.