Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola

Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola or Lady in White^[1] is a 1557 oil on canvas painting by Sofonisba Anguissola, showing 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

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Paintings:	List of paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola
1550s	Portrait of Elena Anguissola Self-portrait {Gallery} Self-portrait (Kunsthistorisches Museum) Self-portrait (Museo Poldi Pezzoli) The Game of Chess Self-Portrait at a Spinet Miniature Self-Portrait Self-Portrait Self-portrait at the Easel Painting a Devotional Panel Portrait of a Monk Portrait of Massimiliano II Stampa Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola (the artist's mother) Portrait of the Artist's Family Self-portrait Portrait of Giovanni Battista Caselli Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola
1560s	Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese Portrait of Joanna of Austria Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois, (Madrid) Portrait of Juana of Austria and a Young Girl Portrait of Minerva Anguissola Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois (1545–1568), Queen consort of Spain and her daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633) Portrait of Philip II of Spain Portrait of a Boy at the Spanish Court
1570s	Virgin and Child Portrait of a Couple Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Infanta Catherine Michaela Portrait of Philip II of Spain Portrait of Anna of Austria (1549–1580) Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541–1587)
1580s	Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile A Man with his Daughter Three children with dog Portrait of a Young Lady Portrait of Giuliano Cesarini
1590s	Madonna Suckling the Infant Christ Portrait of Queen Elisabeth of Spain (1545–1568) Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia
1610s	Self-portrait in old age
Drawings	Child Bitten by a Lobster
Relatives	Elena Anguissola (sister)

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