1.0Bazzanti Art Gallery Florencehttps://www.galleriabazzanti.it/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VQPXob9PiD"><a href="https://www.galleriabazzanti.it/en/carlo-fontana/">Carlo Fontana</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.galleriabazzanti.it/en/carlo-fontana/embed/#?secret=VQPXob9PiD" width="600" height="338" title="“Carlo Fontana” — Bazzanti Art Gallery Florence" data-secret="VQPXob9PiD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The Italian-British sculptor Giovanni Giuseppe Fontana (1821-1893) was born in Carrara. It was also Carrara where he received his training as a sculptor at the Academy. He continued his studies in Rome, where he remained until 1849. Because of his support for the republicans he was forced to flee Italy. Through Paris he came to […]