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

Self-Portrait

1554
Oil on panel, 20 x 13 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

In this youthful self-portrait, the painter has shown herself dressed simply, with the hem of the ruffled blouse peeping out from under the smooth black waistcoat and brownish cuff. On the small open book she holds in her hand can plainly be read "Sophonisba Angussola Virgo Seipsam fecit 1554."