In 1850, he returned to Rome to paint a canvas depicting Orazio Brancadoro sent by the Emperor Charles V to the Siege of Ratisbon.
Fontana completed the large terracotta lions outside the Collegiata di Santi Lorenzo and Biagio in Monte San Pietrangeli.
Sacramento e Rosario of Grottazzolina, in the vast abbey of Campofilone, in the Basilica di San Nicola a Tolentino, and other churches in the Marche.
[2] Apart from his native town, his works are present in Rome in the basilicas of Santi Apostoli (1871-1875, apse frescoes),[3] San Lorenzo in Damaso, San Giovanni in Laterano, Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Maria sopra Minerva and other palaces, as well as in the cathedrals of Macerata, Montefiascone, and Tivoli.
This is a unique 2-metre-high (6.6 ft) statue in classic style used for religious processional purposes with over 36 kg of solid silver.