Tag: King of Spain

• Sofonisba’s Philip II

  In honor of Sofonisba Anguissola’s new-found celebrity, I wanted to place her Prado Portrait of Philip II alongside her Portrait of a Spanish Prince (San Diego Museum of Art). Sofonisba did not know Philip as a young child, but perhaps she could envision him as one. As Giorgio Vasari says, Sofonisba had invenzione. Perhaps she…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  January 22, 2020

  History & Influences, Prado Museum, Sofonisba’s Life, Uncategorized, Women Renaissance Artists

  #PhilipII, #Prado, #Sofonisba, King of Spain, Philip II, Re de espana

• Sofonisba and her Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain

  

  On this day, October 21st, in 1561, Sofonisba sent her regrets to Bernardino Campi, “Molto Magnifico Signor Bernardino,” her first trainer, explaining that she could not yet send him a portrait of the king. “Non posso al presente servirlo, come saria mio desiderio.” She was occupied painting the king’s sister Juana and Queen Isabel. In…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  October 21, 2019

  Prado Museum, Sofonisba’s Life, Women Renaissance Artists

  #Prado, #Sofonisba, King of Spain, Lady in Ermine, pardo, Philip II

• Sofonisba and King Philip II at the Prado Museum

  

  Philip II King of Spain was fond of Sofonisba and admired her work, praising her in words and gold. In the final days of 1579, Sofonisba married Orazio Lomellini, a ship captain from a prominent Genoan family, without obtaining the consent of her family. Even though her marriage to Orazio began as a quasi-elopement, King…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  October 15, 2019

  Prado Museum, Sofonisba’s Life

  #Anguissola, #Lavinia, #Prado, #Sofonisba, King of Spain, Philip II