A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Angosciola, (Lucia)

by Mary Matilda Betham

ANGOSCIOLA, (LUCIA)

Attained such excellence in painting, that, at her death, in 1566, it was the common opinion amongst artists, that if she had not been taken from the world, she would have even surpassed her mistress, the famous Sophonisba, by whom she, and the two preceding, all sisters, were instructed.

Lucia also excelled in singing, and possessed an extensive acquaintance with polite literature.