National Geographic History - USA (2022-03 & 2022-04)

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SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA IN A

19TH-CENTURY ITALIAN ENGRAVING

SOFONISBA

UNSUNG GENIUS

OF THE RENAISSANCE

Painting with tenderness and bravura, Sofonisba

Anguissola stunned Michelangelo with her talent.

Appointed as a court painter to the king of Spain, the

Italian artist became Europe’s first female superstar artist.

ALESSANDRA PAGANO