Elena Anguissola
Elena Anguissola , also Elena Angosciola , Elena Anguisciola or Elena Angussola , (* after 1532 probably in Cremona , † after 1584 possibly in Mantua ) was an Italian painter and nun.
life and work
Elena Anguissola was a daughter of the patrician Amilcare Anguissola, who might be a draftsman , and his wife Bianca Ponzona, as well as the sister of Anna Maria , Europa , Lucia , Minerva and Sofonisba Anguissola, who were also painters . Little is known about their life. From 1546, like her sister, she was trained as a painter by Bernardino Campi and from 1549 by Bernardino Gatti . She seems to have painted very little afterwards, as she apparently spent most of her life as a religious sister. When Vasari visited the family in 1566, she had already left the house and was probably already living in the monastery of San Vincenzo in Mantua , where it is attested to in 1572. When the work was published, she was still alive there.
Nothing is currently known about her painterly work.
literature
- Hans Posse: Anguisciola . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 523-525 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- Simonetta Coppa: Anguissola, Elena . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 4, Seemann, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-598-22744-2 , pp. 103f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernardino Campi: Parer sopra la pittura. 1584
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anguissola, Elena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Angosciola, Elena; Anguisciola, Elena; Angussola, Elena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and nun |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1532 and 1546 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Cremona |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1584 |
| Place of death | unsure: Mantua |