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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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