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It conveys warmth and intimacy in a uniquely personal style.
One of Sofonisba Anguissola's most famous works is Three Sisters Playing Chess.
Mannerist painters departed from High Renaissance painting conventions by breaking the principles of design and color that had been put in place during the High Renaissance. Mannerist paintings often feature elongations of the human figure.
Sofonisba Anguissola painted The Chess Game in 1555. Wikipedia has an imge. If that is not it check this link with many chess paintings, http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/index.htm
Mannerist paintings had dramatic perspective.
What are the characteristics of the High Renaissance painting or sculpture?
distortion
Mannerist paintings had dramatic perspective.
the religious theme
I believe it is the visitation by Pontormo a mannerist painter (mannerism is a movement in and around the Florentine Renaissance)
Pontormo was associated with the Mannerist movement, which emerged in Italy in the late Renaissance period. Mannerist artists like Pontormo were known for their sophisticated, stylized approach to painting that emphasized expressive compositions and elongated figures.
Painting: Mannerist (Linear), Realist Sculpture & Architecture: Scientific, Mathematical