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Josefa de Óbidos, Maria Magdalena Josefa de Óbidos (1630 – 2 July 1684) 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.

Josefa de Óbidos, Maria Magdalena

Josefa de Óbidos (1630 – 2 July 1684) 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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