| The Game of Chess | |
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| Artist | Sofonisba Anguissola |
| Year | c. 1555 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 72 cm × 97 cm (28 in × 38 in) |
| Location | National Museum in Poznań, Poznań |
The Game of Chess (or Portrait of the artist's sisters playing chess) is an oil-on-canvas painting executed ca. 1555 by Italian Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola. Anguissola was 23 years old when she painted it.
The painting is signed and dated on the edge of the chessboard, where Anguissola left this Latin inscription: SOPHONISBA ANGUSSOLA VIRGO AMILCARIS FILIA EX VERA EFFIGIE TRES SUAS SORORES ET ANCILLAM PINXIT MDLV – "Sofonisba Angussola virgin daughter of Amilcare painted from life her three sisters and a maid 1555."