ANGUISSOLA, SOFONISBA. - Painter, b. in Cremona in 1527, d. in Palermo in 1625. Through her first teachers, B. Campi and B. Gatti known as il Sojaro, she came into contact with the leading artists of the time, whose form and style she repeated, albeit through her temperament as a meticulous observer. Her contemporaries enthusiastically celebrated her fame, which A. achieved above all through her activity as a portraitist. In 1559 she was called to Spain by Philip II. Alongside the numerous portraits in collections and museums in Europe and America, few sacred works remain: a Holy Family in Bergamo, a Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine in London and a Pietà in Milan (Brera).

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BIBL.: H. Posse, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, I, pp. 523-24; A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, IX, vi, Milan 1928, p. 922; C. De Tolnay. S. A. and her relations with Michelangelo, in The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, 4 (1941), pp. 115-19.

Maria Donati

ANGUISSOLA, Sofonisba - Self-portrait, Naples, Museo Nazionale.(phot. Alinari)

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