Tag: #Lavinia

• If You Can Get to Madrid by February 2, 2020, See the Prado Exhibit of the work of Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana. Spectacular to See.

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  November 12, 2019

  Uncategorized

  #Anguissola, #Lavinia, #Prado, #Sofonisba, #WomenArtists, #WomenInHistory

• Sofonisba or El Greco? Sofonisba Cradle to Grave

  

  The details of Sofonisba Anguissola’s life show that she had the physical and geographical opportunity to paint a mature Catalina Micaela that her male contemporaries El Greco and Coello did not being far away in Spain. Sofonisba also had personal insight into the Infanta’s private world to render the Infanta of Spain, Catalina Micaela, as…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  October 16, 2019

  Historical Fiction, History & Influences, Prado Museum, Reviews, Sofonisba’s Life

  #El Greco, #Lavinia, #Prado, #Sofonisba, 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

• ANTICIPATING SOFONISBA’S EXHIBIT AT THE PRADO MUSEUM OPENING OCTOBER 22 IN MADRID.

  

  I’m eager to return to the Prado Museum in Madrid in a few weeks for a close up inspection of Sofonisba’s Portrait of Philip II which I last viewed in storage in 2009 with the kind permission of Leticia Ruiz, curator of the upcoming exhibit. I originally met Dr. Ruiz through my association with Maria Kusche at Progetto…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  September 30, 2019

  Prado Museum

  #Anguissola, #Lavinia, #Prado, #Sofonisba, Philip II, Renaissance Art, Rosary