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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



















































                                                                       SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA IN A
                                                                      19TH-CENTURY ITALIAN ENGRAVING
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