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Philip II of Sp:oin with the Order of the Golden F1eece (/565)

AnguiJJda)-lifo at 1k Spani'h Cour, Ivgan in I 559, ,;:b", ,b, ';:ar imrod"",!

IH an artist a!andy tror'ry ",b. high'" nganJ. AngtUIRJia mad< ,"uch u" "

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0itJniSh. Anguiss()1. waS one of Se,"n girls to p.inters' Slu<lios hec:"",, ""ct:I .... I~".

child"'n _ six girls and. boy _ ",hast: H()w<'I'IT, thCYWLTc sdl rut allow,,[ to bcc .. llc

enlightened father had his Elmily workshop "I,,,cn,ius and worl alongside the

"due:tled in :",,,olll with Rcnai<S3.,..,e hw"anist mm. "Ini. "cry much , ,,,n-i,,,,,1 w(."m in the

principl"'. "in .. ,,,,u1,,,<1 in ",,' of his <hughters, 'ul~""ts thL'Y ",u1d I" int _ no nude males, for

S()fonisiJa and Elena, going to study f()r cxaml~e _ and s<' Anguis.oia found hcr niche in

three J'urs with the reim()",n,,1 L()mbardy ponraiture. She gal'e early notice of h.,.

a"i,,, Ilcrna"linoC ... n~,i. intna",i,,: app""ch with an unusual double

lnanb to the p"'gr",si,'e attitudes of ponrait mtitled Bnnardino Campi Painring

Anguiss(~a 's f:tther and Cln~,i, the admission o f S<fonirlm AnguiIJllIll.