ANGUISSOLA, Sofonisba
(b. ca. 1530, Cremona, d. 1625, Palermo)

Self-Portrait

1550s
Oil on canvas, 45 x 34 cm
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Both the authorship of the portrait and the identity of the sitter are debated. The painting perhaps was executed by Sofonisba's sister, Lucia, and the sitter could be Minerva, another daughter of Amilcare Anguissola.