Lavinia Fontana was one of the most successful female artists of the Renaissance whose practice centered on portraits of the aristocratic citizens of her native Bologna. Unusually for a woman, her work also included religious and mythological subjects. This fine “Sacra Conversazione” ranks among the most accomplished works of the painter. Its softness – which owes much to both Raphael and Correggio, sets it apart from many of her paintings in which the artist continues the decorative and somewhat stiff manner of her father, the artist Prospero Fontana.

SKU: 70158
Creator: Lavinia Fontana
Date: 1581
Original Medium: Oil on canvas
Original Size: 43 × 34 3/4 in.
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art