Date/Time
Thursday 01/24/2019
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Location
Museo Italo Americano
Categories
Donna DiGiuseppe presents LADY IN ERMINE: The Story of a Woman Who Painted the Renaissance, the dramatic story of Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535-1625), a Lombard portraitist who was mentored by Michelangelo and praised by Giorgio Vasari.
As a lady in waiting at the Spanish court of Philip II, she painted the Spanish Habsburg reign from her singular personal perspective. In later life, she traveled the Mediterranean, painted the Medici court, mentored Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, and influenced generations of future artists. Then history forgot her. Introduced with a forward by Count Ferrante Anguissola of Milan, LADY IN ERMINE dramatizes the many successes of Sofonisba Anguissola, giving her artistic legacy its long lost due.
Donna DiGiuseppe was inspired by her Italian roots to write about an historic Italian woman and discovered the life of Sofonisba Anguissola. Ms. DiGiuseppe studied the northern Italian Renaissance at the University of California, Berkeley, and Sofonisba Anguissola for her Master’s thesis at San Francisco State University. She is a member of the California bar and practiced labor and employment law from 1993-2003. She lives in San Francisco, California and Abruzzo, Italy with her husband and sons.
Followed by light refreshments.
FREE ADMISSION – RSVP required – Please contact 415.673.2200 or info@sfmuseo.org
Bookings
This event is fully booked.
