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Last Name Fontana

Given Name Felice / Felix

alt. Names F. F. ; L'abbé Felix Fontana ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1730 in Palmaroli, Tyrol, Italy

Year died 1805

Place of death Florence / Florenz / Firenze, Italy

Father's occupation

Relatives mathematician Gregorio Fontana (brother)

Education

Country of Activity Italy

Worked for Felice Fontana: Ricerche filosofiche sopra la fisica animale ; Opuscoli scientifici ; Opuscules physiques et chymiques ; Recherches physiques sur la nature de l'air nitreux et de l'air déphlogistiqué (1776) ;

Patronage since 1765 prof. of logic, since 1766, of physics at Univ. of Pisa; Grand Duke of Tuscany & Pietro Leopoldo; Florence; Austrian Emperor Joseph II

Collaborators graphic artist ->Claudio Valvani ; wood carver ->Luigi Gelati ; wax modelist & moulageur ->Clemente Susini ;

Techniques anatomical and medical drawing ; wax models

Sample(s) http://www.lessingimages.com/viewimage.asp?i=32010121+&cr=45&cl=1

Archival sources www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2468.html

Published sources Monika von Düring, G. Didi-Hubermann & Marta Poggesi: Encyclopaedia Anatomica (Cologne 1999: 12-20) ; contributions by A. Riva & F. Loy in Ceroplastics 2019, pp. 175ff.

other cf. also http://www.lessingimages.com/search.asp?a=L&lc=2020202062B9&ln=Institut+f.d.Geschichte+der+Medizin+%28Josefinum%29%2C+Vienna%2C+Austria&p=1

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