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Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola

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Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola (1557) by Sofonisba Anguissola

Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola or Lady in White[1] is an oil-on canvas-painting created in 1557 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola. It is a portrait of the artist's mother.[2][3] It is now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[4] It is securely identified as the artist's mother, since it reuses two elements from The Game of Chess, Lucia's pearl headdress and Minerva/Elena's necklace[5] Under the arm of the chair are the signature and date “Sophonisba Angussola Virgo F. 15.5.7.”

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cultorweb entry".
  2. ^ Italian women artists from Renaissance to Baroque, Milano, Skira, 2007
  3. ^ (in Italian) Flavio Caroli, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987
  4. ^ "Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  5. ^ (in Italian) Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, page 204