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Sofonisba Anguissola Self Portrait oil painting


Self Portrait
Painting ID::  3261
Sofonisba Anguissola
Self Portrait


   
   
     

Sofonisba Anguissola Self-Portrait Holding a Medallion with the Letters of her Father s Name, oil painting


Self-Portrait Holding a Medallion with the Letters of her Father s Name,
Painting ID::  26745
Sofonisba Anguissola
Self-Portrait Holding a Medallion with the Letters of her Father s Name,
mk52 early1550s Miniature 8.3x6.8cm Museum of Fine Arts,Boston

   
   
     

Sofonisba Anguissola Sofonisba anguissola oil painting


Sofonisba anguissola
Painting ID::  26746
Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba anguissola
mk52

   
   
     

Sofonisba Anguissola Self-Portrait as an Old Woman oil painting


Self-Portrait as an Old Woman
Painting ID::  26747
Sofonisba Anguissola
Self-Portrait as an Old Woman
mk52 1610 Oil on canvas 96.5x76cm Kunsthaus,Zurich

   
   
     

Sofonisba Anguissola A Young Lady in Profile oil painting


A Young Lady in Profile
Painting ID::  29309
Sofonisba Anguissola
A Young Lady in Profile
mk65 Oil on canvas 27x20 1/2"

   
   
     

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     Sofonisba Anguissola
     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.

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