Sofonisba Anguissola | #selfiedautore

Sofonisba Anguissola, born in Cremona on February 2, 1535, was the first renowned female painter in Europe. Her father, defying the prejudices of the time, recognized her talent and sent her to study music, literature, and drawing at the workshop of Bernardino Campi, where she specialized in portraiture. From there, she quickly began to earn the respect of collectors, eventually winning the favor of a sovereign, King Philip II of Spain, and establishing relations with the Pope. Vasari, upon seeing her portraits, said they were "so well done that they seem to be expiring and very much alive." Upon her father's death, she moved to Genoa: during those years, perhaps due to overwork, she began to lose her sight. At the age of 96, almost completely blind, she had the honor of being painted by Van Dyck, who declared that "he had received more light in pictorial art from a blind woman than from the canvases of the most celebrated painters." Stay tuned! In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing the Uffizi's self-portrait collection with "Selfie d'Autore"—a video series produced by the Digital Strategies Area of ​​the Uffizi Galleries. Different voices bring faces to life, intertwining past and present, retracing the lives and works of some of the great masters who have enriched our collections with their self-portraits over time, from the Renaissance to the present day. Our website | Our website: https://www.uffizi.it/ Instagram:   / uffizigalleries   Facebook:   / uffizigalleries   Twitter:   / uffizigalleries   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uffizigalleri... #UffiziGalleries #Boboli #PalazzoPitti #VasariCorridor