Sofonisba Anguissola: Recent Discoveries and Debates

Until recently, the painter Sofonisba Anguissola was barely known to most audiences. Now, after multiple recent exhibitions, she is increasingly recognized as one of the major figures of the later Italian Renaissance. Nevertheless, much about her identity and production as an artist remains elusive. This talk, presented by Michael Cole of Columbia University, considers how the study of Sofonisba’s work points to a sometimes troubled relationship between the history of women artists and the old art-historical practice of assigning authors to paintings. It also addresses several of the most recent questions and controversies surrounding her work.
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[@dorothysatterfield3699]

I love Europa's portrait of her mother-in-law. It reminds me of Gauguin's paintings of Breton women. But it looks like her left hand is positioned in such a way that it's supposed to be resting on the end of the chair's left armrest.

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Thoroughly-and surprisingly-compelling talk about an artist that I, like nearly everyone else on the planet, had never even heard of. The story of the detective work involved in uncovering the work of the artist Europe Anguissola and its actual subject, Bianca, the wife of Pietro Giovanni Schinchinelli is fascinating, marred by only the smallest of details: the six words of the response of Rossana Sacchi “You’ll be very happy to know…” 52:54 It works a lot better if Ms Sacchi’s response was “Her name was Bianca. Why do you ask?”