Sofonisba Anguissola, The Chess Game, (The Artist's sisters playing Chess), portrait painting in oil on canvas, 1555

---

Lucia, the third born of the Anguissola children, is looking at the artist and moving some chess pieces. Her opponent in front of her is Minerva, the fourth born, who is reacting to her adversary. The youngest sister, Europa (the fifth born) is following the game and laughing.

---

Size: 6550px × 5174px
Location: On view at the National Museum, Poznan, Poland
Photo credit: © ICP / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1500s, 1550s, 1555, 16th, anguisciola, anguissola, angussola, archive, art, artists, artwork, canvas, century, chess, europa, fine, game, group, historical, history, italian, late, lucia, minerva, oil, painter, painters, painting, paintings, playing, portrait, portraits, renaissance, sisters, sofonisba, sophonisba