page_title: 1555 in art
section_title: Paintings
hierarchical_section_title: 1555 in art / Paintings
caption_attribution_description: Lucia (left), Minerva (right) and Europa (middle) Anguissola playing chess.
context_page_description: The year 1555 in art involved some significant events and new works.
context_section_description: Sofonisba Anguissola - Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess
  Cristofano Gherardi - Transfiguration (Cortona)
  c. 1555 – Titian
  Venus with a Mirror
  Venus and Musician (Museo del Prado's second version)
  c. 1555-1560 – Illuminated tughra of Sultan Suleiman, from Istanbul, Turkey (now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
caption: Sofonisba Anguissola - The Chess Players (National Museum, Poznań)
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