All the oil paintings of Sofonisba Anguissola

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ID	Image	Painting(From A to Z)	Details
29309		A Young Lady in Profile	mk65 Oil on canvas 27x20 1/2"
70562		Bildnis eines Paares	Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 72 ?? 65 cm
83159		Easel Painting a Devotional Panel	Oil on canvas, 660 x 570 mm (26 x 22 1/2"). Muzeum-Zamek, Lancut, Poland. Date 1556(1556) cyf
81734		Girl with a dwarf	ca. 1595(1595) Medium Oil cyf
78832		Girl with a dwarf, thought to be a portrait of Margarita of Savoy, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Savoy	Girl with a dwarf, thought to be a portrait of Margarita of Savoy, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Savoy Date ca. 1595(1595) cjr
79004		Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela	Date 1570(1570) Medium Oil cyf
80296		Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela	1570(1570) Medium Oil cyf
78067		Infantin Isabella Clara Eugenia	1599(1599) Oil on canvas cjr
80633		Infantin Isabella Clara Eugenia	1599(1599) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
53577		Phillip II Holding a rosary	mk233 1573 Oil on canvas 88x72cm
77938		portrait	Date ca. 1559(1559) Medium Oil on wood Dimensions 29.5 ?? 23 cm (11.6 ?? 9.1 in) cyf
81139		Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois	1565(1565) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 205 x 123 cm (80.7 x 48.4 in) cyf
79627		Portrat des Philipp	Oil on canvas Dimensions 88 x 72 cm (34.6 x 28.3 in) cyf
79268		Selbstbildnis	1550 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 88,5 x 69 cm cyf
80047		Selbstbildnis	c. 1550 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 88,5 x 69 cm cyf
82951		Self ortrait	Oil on canvas, 660 x 570 mm (26 x 22 1/2"). Muzeum-Zamek, Lancut, Poland. Date 1556(1556) cyf
3261		Self Portrait
82787		Self Portrait	oil on canvas, 66x57cm Date 1556/56 cyf
56021		self portrait at the easel	mk247 1556,oil on canvas,26x22 in,66x57 cm,muzeum zamek,tancut,poland
76002		Self-portrait	ca. 1559(1559) Oil on wood 29.5 ?? 23 cm (11.6 ?? 9.1 in) cjr
26747		Self-Portrait as an Old Woman	mk52 1610 Oil on canvas 96.5x76cm Kunsthaus,Zurich
40376		Self-Portrait at the Easel	mk156 1556 Oil on panel 66x57cm
93548		Self-portrait at the easel.	1556(1556) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 66 x 57 cm (26 x 22.4 in) cjr
30504		Self-Portrait at the Spinet	mk68 Oil on wood 23"x19 1/2" Naples Capodimonte Museum 1559 Italy
26745		Self-Portrait Holding a Medallion with the Letters of her Father s Name,	mk52 early1550s Miniature 8.3x6.8cm Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
26746		Sofonisba anguissola	mk52
56022		the chess game	mk247 1555,oil on canvas,28.375x38.128 in,72x97 cm,muzeum narodowe,poznan,poland

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.