The divinely talented Sofonisba Anguissola created The Chess Game in 1555. This is truly a masterpiece, especially considering her intricate detail and approximate dimensions on the characters created. Dawned in the height of the High Renaissance, Sofonisba would become one of the first women to create such brilliant and world renowned works of art to be cherished by all, including Michelangelo. Women are not spoke much of, and she definitely deserves recognition on a more mainstream basis.
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| Anguissola, Sofonisba. The Chess Game. 1555. Museum Naradowe. Sofonisba Anguissola - The Chess Game.https://favourite-paintings.blogspot.com/2011/03/sofonisba-anguissola-chess-game.html |
The chess game is described to be a like cartoon in portrait of her younger sisters, Sofonisba is the eldest of of six, playing what appears to be a game of chess. Off the left of the portrait is believed to be a servant over looking the children. Her art is so precise and organic that you are put in the position to image a young lady behind the canvas, as she overlooks her sisters enjoy a game while being candid for the portrait to come. The chemistry is captured here so immaculately between them, and the artist.
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| Anguissola, Sofonisba. Three Children with Dog. circa 1570-1590. Meisterwerke der Maleri. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sofonisba_Anguissola_001.jpg |
"I must relate... in the house of Sofonisba's father at Cremona, a picture executed by her hand with great diligence, portraits of her three sisters... who appear truly alive... executed so well that they appear to be breathing.." (Vasari, Giorgio 77). The famous Italian artist Giorgio Vasari made a personal trip to the home of which Anguissola, the daughter of a noble family, to see the "marvels" of the six sisters.
Cunningham, Lawrence and John Reich, eds. Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities. Vol 2. Wadsworth, 2005.
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