Tag: Re de espana

• 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