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Summary

Sofonisba Anguissola: Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess  wikidata:Q23008305 reasonator:Q23008305
Artist
Sofonisba Anguissola  (1532–1625)  wikidata:Q236038 s:it:Autore:Sofonisba Anguissola q:it:Sofonisba Anguissola
 
Sofonisba Anguissola
Alternative names
Anguisciola
Description portrait painter
Date of birth/death 1532 Edit this at Wikidata 16 November 1625 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Cremona Edit this at Wikidata Palermo Edit this at Wikidata
Work period Renaissance
Work location
Cremona, Genua, Palermo, Madrid
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q236038
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Chess Game (Portrait of the artist's sisters playing chess).
label QS:Lpl,"Partia szachów (Portret sióstr artystki grających w szachy)."
label QS:Len,"The Chess Game (Portrait of the artist's sisters playing chess)."
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre group portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola playing chess.
Depicted people
Date 1555
date QS:P571,+1555-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 72 cm (28.3 in); width: 97 cm (38.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,72U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,97U174728
institution QS:P195,Q194533
Accession number
FR 434
Place of creation Italy Edit this at Wikidata
Object history 1823: purchased by Atanazy Raczyński, Paris
Exhibition history
References
Source/Photographer 1. Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
2. The Athenaeum: Home - info - pic
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Captions

The Game of Chess (or Portrait of the artist's sisters playing chess) (1555). Oil on canvas, 72 × 97 cm (28 × 38 in). National Museum in Poznań, Poland. Depicting Lucia (left), Minerva (right) and Europa (middle) Anguissola playing chess.

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