Portrait of Minerva Anguissola (Milan)

Painting by Sofonisba Anguissola

Portrait of Minerva Anguissola

Artist	Sofonisba Anguissola
Year	c. 1564
Medium	Oil on canvas
Subject	Minerva Anguissola (possibly a self-portrait instead)
Dimensions	36 cm × 29 cm (14 in × 11 in)
Location	Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Portrait of Minerva Anguissola is a c. 1564 oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Its subject is believed to be the artist's sister, Minerva Anguissola, not to be confused with her older sister Elena Anguissola who took the name of "Sister Minerva" upon entering holy orders at the convent of San Vincenzo in Mantua. In comparison, one can see Elena Anguissola, painted as a novice by Sofonisba Anguissola in Portrait of Elena Anguissola.

However some art historians argue that the painting is in fact a self-portrait produced during the artist's stay in Spain.

References

^ (in Italian) Luise F. Pusch, Susanne Gretter, Un mondo di donne: trecento ritratti celebri, Milano, NET, 2006, SBN IT\ICCU\CFI\0681774. Edizione italiana a cura di Maria Gregorio; introduzione di Natalia Aspesi.
"DWpress - Il notiziario delle donne" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
(in Italian) Stefano Zuffi (ed.), La pittura in Lombardia. Dall'età spagnola al neoclassicismo, Milano, Electa, 2000, SBN IT\ICCU\BVE\0038751. Chapters by Marco Carminati and others.
(in Italian) Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, SBN IT\ICCU\RER\0011916.
(in Italian) Angela Ghirardi, Una ricerca iconografica nel cenacolo delle Anguissola: i ritratti di Minerva, 1992, pp 509–511
(in Italian) Flavio Caroli, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987, pp 158–159, SBN IT\ICCU\CFI\0111864.

v t e Sofonisba Anguissola
Paintings:	List of paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola
1550s	Portrait of Elena Anguissola Self-portrait {Gallery} Self-portrait (Kunsthistorisches Museum) Self-portrait (Museo Poldi Pezzoli) The Game of Chess Self-Portrait at a Spinet Miniature Self-Portrait Self-Portrait Self-portrait at the Easel Painting a Devotional Panel Portrait of a Monk Portrait of Massimiliano II Stampa Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola (the artist's mother) Portrait of the Artist's Family Self-portrait Portrait of Giovanni Battista Caselli Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola
1560s	Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese Portrait of Joanna of Austria Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois, (Madrid) Portrait of Juana of Austria and a Young Girl Portrait of Minerva Anguissola Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois (1545–1568), Queen consort of Spain and her daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633) Portrait of Philip II of Spain Portrait of a Boy at the Spanish Court
1570s	Virgin and Child Portrait of a Couple Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Infanta Catherine Michaela Portrait of Philip II of Spain Portrait of Anna of Austria (1549–1580) Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541–1587)
1580s	Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile A Man with his Daughter Three children with dog Portrait of a Young Lady Portrait of Giuliano Cesarini
1590s	Madonna Suckling the Infant Christ Portrait of Queen Elisabeth of Spain (1545–1568) Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia
1610s	Self-portrait in old age
Drawings	Child Bitten by a Lobster
Relatives	Elena Anguissola (sister)

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