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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.
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
Self-portrait at an Easel is an oil-on-canvas painting created c. 1556–1565 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola, now in Łańcut Castle. From the same era as Self-Portrait at a Spinet (Naples) it shows the artist painting a devotional canvas and is one of a group of self-portraits which also includes Self-Portrait (Vienna ...
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]
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 ...
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 Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese is a painting by the 16th-century Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola. It depicts the prince, later the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as 15-year old boy, dressed in refined courtly clothing. Prince Alessandro was the son of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and the grandson of King Charles V of Spain. [1]
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.