Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola
Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola or Lady in White[1] is an oil on canvas painting. It was painted in 1557 by Sofonisba Anguissola. The painting shows 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[]
- ^ "Cultorweb entry".
- ^ Italian women artists from Renaissance to Baroque, Milano, Skira, 2007
- ^ (in Italian) Flavio Caroli, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987
- ^ "The work on display, 1926-1933" (in German).
- ^ (in Italian) Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, page 204
Categories:
- 1557 paintings
- Portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola
- Portraits of women
- Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
- 16th-century painting stubs