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Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532 [1] – 16 November 1625), also known as Sophonisba Angussola or Sophonisba Anguisciola, [2] [3] was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family.
In 1559, not long after the creation of Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola, Sofonisba Anguissola moved to Spain and began to work as the court painter for King Philip II. Sandberg argued that this piece was meant to be Anguissola’s way of advertising herself to the king of Spain as someone worthy of being apart of his court. [5]
The Portrait of Juana of Austria and a Young Girl is a full-length portrait executed by the Italian sixteenth-century artist Sofonisba Anguissola.It was one of Anguissola's first paintings after arriving at the Spanish court, where she was official painter to the queen of Spain, Isabel de Valois.
The first being Sofonisba Anguissola, 78 years in 1610, author of about fifteen self-portraits over a period of sixty-five years, and several octogenarians; Helene Schjerfbeck made about forty self-portraits, half of them in the two years preceding her death at the age of 83.
Giorgio Vasari, visiting Cremona, was a guest in the house of Amilcare Anguissola and there admired paintings by Amilcare's daughters.About The Game of Chess he wrote, "I have seen this year in Cremona, in the house of her father a painting made with much diligence, the depiction of his three daughters, in the act of playing chess, and with them an old housemaid, done with such diligence and ...
Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532 – 16 November 1625) — was an Italian Renaissance painter which was admirated by Giorgio Vasari and reached a great success, opening the way for larger numbers of women to pursue serious careers as artists.
Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois (c. 1561-1565) by Sofonisba Anguissola. Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois is an oil-on-canvas painting executed c.1561–1565 by the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid. [1] [2] [3] It shows Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain. [4]
Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola, the artist's mother: 1557 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin: Giovanni Battista Caselli, Cremona poet: 1558 Museo del Prado, Madrid Portrait Group with the Artist's Father, Brother and Sister: 1559 Nivaagaard, Denmark 0001NMK Self-portrait: 1559 Private collection Holy Family: Rest on the Way to Egypt: 1559