Sofonisba Anguissola, Self-portrait at the Easel Painting a Devotional Panel, c. 1556, 66 x 57 cm, L
Sofonisba Anguissola, Self-portrait at the Easel Painting a Devotional Panel, c. 1556, 66 x 57 cm, Lancut, Muzeum-ZamekSofonisba Anguissola, who is seen in this self portrait, may be the most important woman painter from the Renaissance. She was from Cremona in Northern Italy.She was born in a noble family who took the unusual step of forming her as a painter. When she was in her twenties she moved to Spain to enter the service of the wife of King Philip II, the French Princess, Isabel of Valois.She stayed in the Court over ten years and received the high praise as a courtier and also as a painter. -- source link
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