Self-portrait
Technical Details
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Title
Self-portrait -
Author
Sofonisba Anguissola -
Year
1560 - 1 -
Dimensions
cm 36 x 29 -
Inventory
1309 -
Room
XIX
This artist is one of the few Renaissance women painters to have achieved international renown and acclaim. The inscription suggests that the picture was painted at the start of her lengthy stay at the court in Madrid. The young woman wears a sophisticated gown rendered with an illuminator’s technique in the embroidered chemise, the fur trim and the hair interwoven with gold, pearls and rubies. The portrait belongs to Sofonisba’s final “Cremona” style characterised by meticulous observation “from life”.
