Anguissola, Elena (c. 1525–after 1584)
Anguissola, Elena (c. 1525–after 1584)
Italian painter. Name variations: Angussola or Anguisciola. Pronunciation ang-GWEE-sho-la or ang-GOOS-so-la. Born c. 1525 in Cremona, Italy; died after 1584; 2nd dau. of Amilcare Anguissola (noble) and Bianca Ponzone; sister of Sofonisba, Anna Maria, Europa, and Lucia Anguissola.
Trained with sister Sofonisba and also under the mannerist artist Bernardino Campi (1546–49); joined the Convent of the Holy Virgin at San Vincenzo in Mantua as a Dominican nun.
See also Women in World History.
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