Artwork Title: Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola

Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola, 1624

Anthony Van Dyck

On 12 July 1624, Anguissola was visited by the young Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, who recorded sketches from his visit to her in his sketchbook. Van Dyck, who believed her to be 96 years of age (she was actually 92) noted that although "her eyesight was weakened", Anguissola was still mentally alert. Excerpts of the advice she gave him about painting survive from this visit, and he was said to have claimed that their conversation taught him more about the "true principles" of painting than anything else in his life. Van Dyck drew her portrait while visiting her. This last portrait made of... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofonisba_Anguissola) Sofonisba’s international renown grew throughout her lifetime.... Centuries later, with the feminist movement of the 1970s, Sofonisba’s fame and significance have been once again “rediscovered” and she is now counted among ranks of other important painters of the early modern period... (https://smarthistory.org/sofonisba-anguissola/)
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