Tag: #Sofonisba

• Sofonisba’s Influence on Giorgio Vasari

  The 16th century artist, critic, and historian Giorgio Vasari is best known for his voluminous Lives of the Artists series where he painstakingly documents the biographies and styles of the great Renaissance masters. Master portraitist Sofonisba Anguissola inspired Giorgio Vasari. In 1566, Giorgio went to Cremona in Northern Italy to visit Sofonisba’s childhood home. Sofonisba…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  April 22, 2016

  Historical Fiction, History & Influences

  #Sofonisba, Giorgio Vasari, Italian Art, Michelangelo, Portraiture, Renaissance Art, Sofonisba Anguissola, 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

  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’s Influence on Diego Velazquez

  Maria Kusche and Sylvia Ferino-Pagden have shown the influence of Sofonisba’s Portrait of Margaret of Savoy with Dwarf (c.1595) on two of Diego Velazquez’ pieces: his Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos (1632 Boston, Museum of Fine Arts) and his 1656 Las Meninas, particularly in the way Velazquez poses a vessel that passes between the figures.…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  June 28, 2015

  History & Influences, Women Renaissance Artists

  #Sofonisba, Diego Velazquez, 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

  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