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Today’s time machine is set to : Italy, late 1500’s…

This is Italian painter Sofonisa Anguissola. When I wrote ‘A Big Important Art Book - Now with Women’ I absolutely had to include her story. Here’s a snippet:

“Sofonisa Anguissola was the first well-known female painter whose father was not a famous artist himself. As a woman, Sofonisa wasn’t allowed t…