Italian painter (c.1532-1625)
Sofonisba Anguissola was an Italian painter born around 1532 who became one of the most accomplished and recognized artists of the Renaissance, working across Italy and Spain during her long career. She matters because she overcame significant barriers facing women artists of her time to achieve professional success and international reputation, leaving behind a substantial body of work that demonstrated her mastery of portraiture and other genres.
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The artist's sisters are depicted in The Game of Chess, 1555. National Museum in Poznań
Sofonisba Anguissola (also Sophonisba Angussola or Anguisciola; c. 1532 – 16 November 1629) was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that included the fine arts, and her apprenticeship with local painters set a precedent for women to be accepted as students of art. As a young woman, Anguissola travelled to Rome where she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent, and to Milan, where she painted Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. The Spanish queen, Elizabeth of Valois, was a keen amateur painter, and in 1559 Anguissola was recruited to go to Madrid as her tutor, with the rank of lady-in-waiting. She later became an official court painter to the king, Philip II, and adapted her style to the more formal requirements of official portraits for the Spanish court. After the Queen's death, Philip helped arrange an aristocratic marriage for her. She moved to Sicily, and later Pisa and Genoa, where she continued to practice as a leading portrait painter.
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