Josefa de Óbidos
Sign in to saveAlso known as Josefa Figueira de Ayala, Josefa d'Ayala e Cabreira, Josefa d' Óbidos, Josefa Figuera de Ayala, Josefa D'Obidos, Josefa De Obidos, Josefa de Ayala, Óbidos, Josefa d' Ayala
Portuguese and Spanish artist (1630-1684)
Key facts
- Born
- Josefa de Ayala Figueira , c. 1630 , Seville , Crown of Castile
- Died
- 22 July 1684 (1684-07-22) (aged 54), Óbidos , Kingdom of Portugal
- Movement
- Baroque
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Josefa
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Seville
- Place of death
- Óbidos
- Occupation
- artist
- Position held
- court painter
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- still life
- Image
- Virgem com o Menino (c.1680) - Josepha Ayala (1630-1684) (50416949808).jpg
- Work location
- Óbidos
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- pseudonym
- Josefa de Óbidos
- Commons category
- Josefa de Óbidos
- date of death
- 1684-07-22
- Commons Creator page
- Josefa de Óbidos
- Commons gallery
- Josefa de Óbidos
- birth name
- Josefa de Ayala Figueira
- has works in the collection
- Meadows Museum
- date of baptism
- 1630-02-20
- date of birth
- 1630-00-00
- relative
- Bernabé de Ayala
- godparent
- Francisco Herrera the Elder
- start of work period
- 1645-01-01
- end of work period
- 1684-01-01
- name in native language
- Josefa de Ayala Figueira
- influenced by
- Francisco de Zurbarán
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Josefa de Óbidos, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Josefa de Óbidos ( Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛfɐ ð(j) ˈɔβiðuʃ]; c. 1630 – 22 July 1684) was a Spanish-born Portuguese painter. Her birth name was Josefa de Ayala Figueira, but she signed her work as "Josefa em Óbidos" or "Josefa de Ayalla". All of her work was executed in Portugal, her father's native country, where she lived from the age of four. Approximately 150 works of art have been attributed to Josefa de Óbidos, making her one of the most prolific Baroque artists in Portugal.
Biography
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