Sofonisba Anguissola

Forgotten and Discovered- Women Super Stars: Sofonisba AnguissolaSofonisba Anguissola (Cremona, Italy 1532-1625) Let’s call her Sofi and get to know her. In the sixteenth century, her talent caught the attention of Michelangelo and King Phillip II of Spain. Sofi’s father, a noble without great wealth, paid for Sofi to be tutored in painting, unusual for a young girl in these …