Meet Donna DiGiuseppe, author of Lady in Ermine, a stunning biographical novel about Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola.

Highlights:

  • Lady in Ermineis "a vivid portrait of a talented woman who defied the conventions of her times." Find out why!
  • Who is Sofonisba Anguissola and why is she in the news lately?
  • Discover why Giorgio Vasari, who wrote Lives of the Artists, considered Sofonisba's work worthy of the descriptor "invenzione".
  • The Prado exhibition in 2019 that expanded Sofonisba's popularity
  • Is it true there were "no women artists" back in the day?
  • Why Donna DiGiuseppe chose Sofonisba Anguissola as the subject of her debut novel
  • Was Sofonisba the Forrest Gump of her time?
  • Why was Sofonisba considered one of the premier portraitists of the 16th century?
  • A reading from Lady in Ermine
  • What was something Donna DiGiuseppe learned from writing Lady in Ermine ?
  • What's the next novel about?

Press Play now & be sure to check out Lady in Ermine on Art In Fiction.

Donna DiGiuseppe's website and more information about Sofonisba Anguissola: www.sofonisba.net

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