After Anguissola’s death, her reputation started to fade away. The reason for this is partly because she was a woman and female artists were not as well documented in history books. The work of Sofonisba Anguissola was however rediscovered in the 1970s by Western feminists. It would not be factual to describe the title of feminist to Anguissola, but she did take great care in how she represented women in her work. She often showed women reading books, painting, or playing chess, and thus she placed great emphasis on the intelligence of Renaissance women in her work.