Tag: Anthony van Dyck

• Sofonisba is Still Forgotten? How the Met and the NY Times Continue the Long Tradition of Ghosting Sofi

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  March 27, 2020

  Historical Fiction, Prado Museum, Sofonisba’s Life, Uncategorized, Women Renaissance Artists

  #Anguissola, #Sofonisba, Anthony van Dyck, Lady in Ermine, metropolitan museum, Plague, Renaissance Art

• Sofonisba in the Seventeenth Century

  Sofonisba Anguissola continued painting well into her senior years and stopped only after her eyesight failed, as Anthony van Dyck noted in his sketchbook. The Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo attributes this sweet Madonna and Child to Sofonisba in the seventeenth century.

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  December 6, 2018

  Sofonisba’s Life, Women Renaissance Artists

  Anthony van Dyck, Portraiture, Renaissance Art, Sofonisba Anguissola

• Sofonisba Lives On

  Sofonisba lived a long prolific life. She began studying with Bernardino Campi around 1545. She died in 1625 and painted until at least 1610, probably longer. At the end of her life, she told Anthony van Dyke she wanted to keep painting in her last years, but her failing eyesight forced her to quit. Still,…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  September 15, 2015

  Historical Fiction, History & Influences, Women Renaissance Artists

  #Sofonisba, Alfio Nicotra, Anthony van Dyck, Bernardino Campi, Diego Velazquez, Doria Pamphili Gallery, Francesco de Medici, Lombard Portraiture, Peter Paul Rubens, Renaissance Art, Sofonisba Anguissola, Titian, women artists

• Sofonisba Lives On

  Sofonisba lived a long prolific life. She began studying with Bernardino Campi around 1545. She died in 1625 and painted until at least 1610, probably longer. At the end of her life, she told Anthony van Dyke she wanted to keep painting in her last years, but her failing eyesight forced her to quit. Still,…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  June 25, 2015

  History & Influences

  #Sofonisba, Alfio Nicotra, Anthony van Dyck, Bernardino Campi, Diego Velazquez, Doria Pamphili Gallery, Francesco de Medici, Lombard Portraiture, Peter Paul Rubens, Renaissance Art, Sofonisba Anguissola, Titian, women artists