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Sofonisba Anguissola Self-Portrait at the Spinet oil painting


Self-Portrait at the Spinet
Painting ID::  30504 		Artist: Sofonisba Anguissola
Painting: Self-Portrait at the Spinet
Introduction: mk68 Oil on wood 23"x19 1/2" Naples Capodimonte Museum 1559 Italy
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Sofonisba Anguissola Self-Portrait at the Easel oil painting


Self-Portrait at the Easel
Painting ID::  40376 		Artist: Sofonisba Anguissola
Painting: Self-Portrait at the Easel
Introduction: mk156 1556 Oil on panel 66x57cm
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Sofonisba Anguissola Phillip II Holding a rosary oil painting


Phillip II Holding a rosary
Painting ID::  53577 		Artist: Sofonisba Anguissola
Painting: Phillip II Holding a rosary
Introduction: mk233 1573 Oil on canvas 88x72cm
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Sofonisba Anguissola self portrait at the easel oil painting


self portrait at the easel
Painting ID::  56021 		Artist: Sofonisba Anguissola
Painting: self portrait at the easel
Introduction: mk247 1556,oil on canvas,26x22 in,66x57 cm,muzeum zamek,tancut,poland
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Sofonisba Anguissola the chess game oil painting


the chess game
Painting ID::  56022 		Artist: Sofonisba Anguissola
Painting: the chess game
Introduction: mk247 1555,oil on canvas,28.375x38.128 in,72x97 cm,muzeum narodowe,poznan,poland
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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     Italian 1532-1625 Sofonisba Anguissola was born in Cremona, Lombardy around 1532, the oldest of seven children, six of whom were daughters. Her father, Amilcare Anguissola, was a member of the Genoese minor nobility. Sofonisba's mother, Bianca Ponzone, was also of an affluent family of noble background. Her mother died when Sofonisba was four or five. Over four generations, the Anguissola family had a strong connection to ancient Carthaginian history and they named their offspring after the great general Hannibal, thus the first daughter was named after the tragic Carthaginian figure Sophonisba. Amilcare Anguissola encouraged all of his daughters (Sofonisba, Elena, Lucia, Europa, Minerva and Anna Maria) to cultivate and perfect their talents. Four of the sisters (Elena, Lucia, Europa and Anna Maria) became painters, but Sofonisba was by far the most accomplished and renowned. Elena became a nun (Sofonisba painted a portrait of her) and had to quit painting. Both Anna Maria and Europa gave up art upon marrying, while Lucia Anguissola, the best painter of Sophonisba's sisters, died young. The other sister, Minerva, became a writer and Latin scholar. Asdrubale, Sophonisba's brother, studied music and Latin but not painting. Self-portrait, 1554Her aristocratic father made sure that Sofonisba and her sisters received a well-rounded education that included the fine arts. Anguissola was fourteen years old when her father sent her with her sister Elena to study with Bernardino Campi, a respected portrait and religious painter of the Lombard school, also from Cremona, Sofonisba's home town. When Campi moved to another city, Sofonisba continued her studies with the painter Bernardino Gatti (known as Il Sojaro). Sofonisba's apprenticeship with local painters set a precedent for women to be accepted as students of art.[citation needed] Dates are uncertain, but Anguissola probably continued her studies under Gatti for about three years(1551-1553). Sophonisba's most important early work is Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola (c 1550 Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena). The double portrait depicts her art teacher in the act of painting a portrait of her. In 1554, at age twenty-two, Sofonisba traveled to Rome, where she spent her time sketching various scenes and people. While in Rome, she met Michelangelo through the help of another painter who knew her work well. Meeting Michelangelo was a great honor for Sofonisba and she had the benefit of being informally trained by the great master. Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess, 1555. Museum Navrodwe, Poznan, Poland.When he made a request for her to draw a weeping boy, Sofonisba drew 'Child bitten by a crab' and sent it back to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent (this sketch would continue to be discussed and copied for the next fifty years among artists and the aristocracy) Michelangelo subsequently gave Anguissola sketches from his notebooks to draw in her own style and offered advice on the results. For at least two years Sofonisba continued this informal study, receiving substantial guidance from Michelangelo. . Related Artists to Sofonisba Anguissola : | MEMLING, Hans | Alois Hans Schram | leon belly | FIGINO, Giovanni Ambrogio | j. g. sandberg |

 

 

 
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