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Sofonisba Anguissola

1535 - 1625

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Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532 – 16 November 1625), also known as Sophonisba Angussola or Sophonisba Anguisciola, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that included the fine arts, and her apprenticeship with local painters set a precedent for women to be accepted as students of art. As a young woman, Anguissola traveled to Rome where she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent, and to Milan, where she painted Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. The Spanish queen, Elizabeth of Valois, was a keen amateur painter and in 1559 Anguissola was recruited to go to Madrid as her tutor, with the rank of lady-in-waiting. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sofonisba Anguissola is the 98th most popular painter (up from 102nd in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Italy (down from 346th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Painter.

Sofonisba Anguissola was a 17th century Italian painter. She is most famous for her paintings of aristocratic women.

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Among painters, Sofonisba Anguissola ranks 98 out of 2,023. Before her are Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Oskar Kokoschka, Honoré Daumier, Paolo Uccello, Vittore Carpaccio, and Paul Signac. After her are Claude Lorrain, Andrei Rublev, Filippo Lippi, Guido Reni, Hans Memling, and Antonio da Correggio.

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Among people born in 1535, Sofonisba Anguissola ranks 3. Before her are Pope Leo XI, and Pope Gregory XIV. After her are Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Barocci, Alessandro Allori, Giambattista della Porta, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Luis de Molina, Martin Frobisher, and Sayri Túpac. Among people deceased in 1625, Sofonisba Anguissola ranks 2. Before her is James VI and I. After her are Maurice, Prince of Orange, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Johann Bayer, Simon Marius, Willem Schouten, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, and Honoré d'Urfé.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola ranks 380 out of 5,161. Before her are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Pope John XI (910), Primo Levi (1919), Atia (-85), Pope Clement III (1130), and Pope Marinus I (830). After her are Pope Pelagius I (505), Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378), Charles Borromeo (1538), Pope Benedict II (635), Philip Neri (1515), and Catiline (-109).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola ranks 29. Before her are Bronzino (1503), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Duccio (1255), Cimabue (1240), Paolo Uccello (1475), and Vittore Carpaccio (1465). After her are Filippo Lippi (1406), Guido Reni (1575), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Pontormo (1494), and Simone Martini (1284).

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