''The Chess Game'' is a painting of by

Giulio Campi Giulio Campi (1502 – 5 March 1572) was an Italian painter and architect. His brothers Vincenzo Campi and Antonio Campi were also renowned painters. Biography The eldest of a family of prominent painters, Campi was born at Cremona. His father G ...

, a Renaissance painter from

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. Since 1970, it has been in the

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. It was first published in 1963 by

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whilst still in the Nigro collection in

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. He attributed it to

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 ...

but mentioned similarities to Campi's ''Allegory'' in the

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in Milan.

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attributed the work to Campi by comparison with a portrait by Giulio of his father Galeazzo in the

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Bibliography

* Giovanni Godi and Giuseppe Cirillo, ''Studi su Giulio Campi'', Milan, Arte Lombarda, 1978, SBN IT\ICCU\NAP\0095755. * ''I Campi: cultura artistica cremonese del Cinquecento'', Milan, Electa, 1985, pp. 133–134, SBN IT\ICCU\PAL\0002579. Edited by Mina Gregori. * Various authors, ''Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle'', Milan, Leonardo arte, 1994, SBN IT\ICCU\VEA\0063954. Catalogue of an exhibition held in Cremona in 1994 and in Vienna and Washington in 1995. * Bert W. Meijer, 'Cremona e i Paesi Bassi', in ''I Campi: cultura artistica cremonese del Cinquecento'', Milan, Electa, 1994, pp. 25–32, SBN IT\ICCU\PAL\0002579. Edited by Mina Gregori. Catalogue of an exhibition held in Cremona in 1994 and in Vienna and Washington in 1995. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chess Game 1530 paintings Chess paintings History of chess Paintings in the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica Renaissance paintings