Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola
Appearance
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]- ^ "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
- ^ "Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ (in Italian) Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, page 204