This Italian artist became the first female superstar of the Renaissance - II
Published 25 Mar 2022, 11:53 GMT, Updated 11 Apr 2022, 17:06 BST
Sofonsiba Anguissola is portrayed in a 1624 portrait by Anthony Van Dyck.
Photograph by National Trust Photographic Library/Bridgeman
Van Dyck's sketchbook shows an account of his 1624 visit with Sofonisba.
Photograph by The Trustees of the British Museum/Scala, Florence
The cathedral of Palermo, Sicily, the city where Sofonisba died in 1625. A major cultural and religious hub, Palermo was ruled by Spain until the early 1700s.
Photograph by Antonino Bartuccio, Fototeca 9x12