The Angel Appearing to Joseph
Giovanni Battista Fontana
1501 to 1550
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 10.2 x 8.9 cm (4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Professor Sydney Freedberg
Accession Number
1991.209.5
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Fontana
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1524-1587) was an Italian painter and engraver from the Veneto region who achieved his greatest success working for the Habsburg court in Austria. Born at Ala near Verona in 1524 (not Venice as sometimes stated) and dying on September 25, 1587, Fontana's career exemplifies the mobility of skilled artists in the sixteenth century and the importance of aristocratic patrona...