Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola explained

Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola or Lady in White[1] is an oil-on canvas-painting created in 1557 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola. It is a portrait of the artist's mother.[2] [3] It is now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[4] It is securely identified as the artist's mother, since it reuses two elements from The Game of Chess, Lucia's pearl headdress and Minerva/Elena's necklace[5] Under the arm of the chair are the signature and date “Sophonisba Angussola Virgo F. 15.5.7.”

References

  1. Web site: Cultorweb entry.
  2. Italian women artists from Renaissance to Baroque, Milano, Skira, 2007
  3. Flavio Caroli, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987
  4. Web site: Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola . 2024-04-25 . Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums).
  5. Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, page 204