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🎨 Arts
February 03, 2026 at 08:29 PM
Historians Thought This Rare Renaissance Portrait by One of the First Famous Female Artists Was Lost to History—Until It Surfaced in North Carolina
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
A rare 16th-century portrait by pioneering female artist Sofonisba Anguissola, long thought lost, has been discovered in a private collection in North Carolina, delighting art historians.
Renaissance art
Sofonisba Anguissola
art discovery
North Carolina
female artist