# Portrait of a Nun [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ANGUISSOLA, Sofonisba]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 169 x 53 cm ## Commentary In the painting the nun wears a lily-white habit which stands out against the dark background. The red and gold bound book of prayers offers the only source of detail. The sitter is usually identified as Elena Anguissola, Sofonisba's younger sister who had been a student of the painter Bernardino Campi along with Sofonisba, and later entered the monastery of San Vincenzo in Mantua assuming the name of Sister Minerva. ## Related artworks - [Asdrubale Bitten by a Crawfish]() - [Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola]() - [Old Woman Studying the Alphabet with a Laughing Girl]() - [Portrait of Minerva Anguissola]() - [Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess]() - [Profile Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [Self-Portrait at the Easel]() - [Self-Portrait Playing the Spinet]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()