In Conversation Wit Cheryl Popp at the Rafael Theater, San Rafael
Donna DiGiuseppe, Sausalito author of the historical novel Lady in Ermine and Director/Filmmaker of the Special Short of the same name, will be in conversation with Sausalito Books by the Bay owner Cheryl Popp following the film she produced.
The book Lady in Ermine is based on the real life of the most successful, yet relatively unknown, Renaissance woman artist, Sofonisba Anguissola. Michelangelo recognized her genius; Vasari praised her talent. Sofi, as she was called, was immersed in the courtesan worlds of the Spanish and Medici courts, capturing history on canvas, and defying the conventions of her time.
The film portrays the moment Sofi realizes her calling for portraiture and envisions the masterpiece she will render, one day, capturing the soul of Philip II of Spain, the foreign ruler who invaded her country.