''Self-portrait at an Easel'' is an oil-on-canvas painting created c. 1556–1565 by the

Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance ( ) was a period in History of Italy, Italian history between the 14th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Western Europe and marked t ...

painter

Sofonisba Anguissola Sofonisba Anguissola ( – 16 November 1625), also known as Sophonisba Angussola or Sophonisba Anguisciola, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that ...

, now in Łańcut Castle. From the same era as '' Self-Portrait at a Spinet'' (Naples) it shows the artist painting a devotional canvas and is one of a group of self-portraits which also includes ''

Self-Portrait Self-portraits are Portrait painting, portraits artists make of themselves. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, the practice of self-portraiture only gaining momentum in the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century ...

'' (Vienna) and '' Miniature Self Portrait'' (Boston).Anthony Bond, Joanna Woodall, ''Self portrait: Renaissance to Contemporary: National Portrait Gallery, London; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney'', London, National Portrait Gallery, 2005, SBN IT\ICCU\MOD\0975503. Con testi di T. J. Clark, Ludmilla Jordanova, Joseph Leo Koerner.

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Self-portraiture Self-portraits Portraits of women Portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola 1550s paintings 1560s paintings Paintings in Poland {{1550s-painting-stub