Josefa de Óbidos
Painting, Visual Artist
1630 – 1684
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Who was Josefa de Óbidos?
Josefa de Óbidos was a Spanish-born, Portuguese painter from the seventeenth century. Her birth name was Josefa de Ayala Figueira, but she signed her work as, "Josefa em Óbidos" or, "Josefa de Ayalla". She is one of the relatively few female European painters known to have been active in the Baroque era. All of her work was executed in Portugal, her father's native country, where she lived from the age of four.
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1630
Seville - Also known as
- Josefa de Obidos
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Spain
- Lived in
- Seville
- Died
- Jul 2, 1684
Óbidos, Portugal
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on July 23, 2013
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