Portrait of Minerva Anguissola (Milan)

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Portrait of Minerva Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola - Portrait of Minerva Anguissola - WGA0700.jpg
ArtistSofonisba Anguissola
Yearc. 1564
MediumOil on canvas
SubjectMinerva Anguissola (possibly a self-portrait instead)[1]
LocationPinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Portrait of Minerva Anguissola is a c. 1564[2] oil on canvas painting by Sofonisba Anguissola, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.[3][4]

Its subject is believed to be the artist's sister, , not to be confused with her older sister Elena Anguissola who took the name of "Sister Minerva" upon entering holy orders at the convent of San Vincenzo in Mantua.[1] In comparison, one can see Elena Anguissola, painted as a novice by Sofonisba Anguissola in Portrait of Elena Anguissola.[5][6]

However some art historians argue that the painting is in fact a self-portrait produced during the artist's stay in Spain.[1]


References[]

  1. ^ a b c (in Italian) Luise F. Pusch, Susanne Gretter, Un mondo di donne: trecento ritratti celebri, Milano, NET, 2006, SBN IT\ICCU\CFI\0681774. Edizione italiana a cura di Maria Gregorio; introduzione di Natalia Aspesi.
  2. ^ "DWpress - Il notiziario delle donne" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
  3. ^ (in Italian) Stefano Zuffi (ed.), La pittura in Lombardia. Dall'età spagnola al neoclassicismo, Milano, Electa, 2000, SBN IT\ICCU\BVE\0038751. Chapters by Marco Carminati and others.
  4. ^ (in Italian) Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, SBN IT\ICCU\RER\0011916.
  5. ^ (in Italian) Angela Ghirardi, Una ricerca iconografica nel cenacolo delle Anguissola: i ritratti di Minerva, 1992, pp 509-511
  6. ^ (in Italian) Flavio Caroli, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987, pp 158-159, SBN IT\ICCU\CFI\0111864.
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