SOU79749 Portrait of the artist\'s sister in the garb of a nun, 1551 (oil on canvas) by Anguissola, Sofonisba (c.1532-1625); 68.5x53.3 cm; Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire, UK; (add.info.: Women painters were not unknown in 16th century Italy but most were the daughters of established artists and Anguissola\'s were Genoese nobility. It was almost unknown for a woman to train professionally in an artist\'s studio and her success helped to make painting a socially acceptable career for a woman. Her reputation was such that she was invited to be a lady in waiting, court painter and teacher to Isabel de Valois, wife of King Philip II of Spain. This is the earliest known work by the artist and is thought to show her sister Elena who became a nun.); 穢 Southhampton City Art Gallery ; Italian, out of copyright.