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Josefa de Ayala (or de Óbidos) was born in Seville, Spain. Her father was a Portuguese artist named Baltazar Gomes Figueira. 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 and conducted her professional life as an artist. Her versatility is demonstrated by the range of genres she undertook including still life studies, portraits, religious themes, and allegorical subjects. During her life time, Ayala was sufficiently well-regarded as an artist to be elected to the Lisbon Academy

school or follower of Josefa Óbidos "Annunciation“ detail

school or follower of Josefa Óbidos "Annunciation“ detail

Josefa de Óbidos' elaborate still-lifes and religious paintings have long been admired by the Portuguese for their exceptional beauty and profound symbolism. The technical brilliance and elaborate symbolism these masterpieces provide modern viewers with a window into the spirit of seventeenth-century Portugal.She did not marry and earned her living by her painting and as a property owner and landlord.

Josefa de Óbidos "Annunciation“

Josefa de Óbidos Calvário (1679)

Adoração dos Pastores (1669) Óleo sobre tela (150 x 184 cm) Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa

Saint Theresa

During 1672-1673 Josefa de Óbidos painted the altarpiece of Saint Theresa of Ávila for the Carmelite Convent of Cascais.

O Cordeiro Pascal (Pascal lamb), 1660-70Museu Regional Évora, Portugal

Nativity of Jesus c. 1650-6021 x 16 cm Private collection, Porto

The Sacrificial Lamb The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

S. João da Cruz (1673)Santa Casa da Misericórdia Figueiró dos Vinhos, Portugal.

Joseph and the Child

Jesus child

The Child Jesus Savior of the World (O Menino Jesus Salvador do Mundo), 1673 Igreja Matriz de Cascais, Lisboa

The Marriage of Saint Catherine

Among her chief religious works are the five panels for the Saint Catherine altarpiece of the Church of the Holy Mary (Santa Maria) in Óbidos, in 1661

The Lactation of Saint Bernard

Museu Nacional Machado

de Castro, 1670 1660-1670

St. Francis of Assisi, St. Claire Adoring the Child Jesus, 1647

Marie Madeleine (1650)

Abisag, 1650

Natureza morta com frutos e flores (Still-life), c. 1670, Palácio Nacional de Queluz

Josefa de Óbidos is considered to be one of the most accomplished painters of seventeenth century Portugal and is especially significant because of the recognition she gained among the Baroque painters, an art period which was dominated by male painters

Portrait of Faustino das Neves, c.1670, Municipal Museum of Óbidos

Natureza morta com frutos e flores (Still-life, Pears and marasca cherries in a basket), c. 1670

Natureza morta com frutos e flores (Still-life)

Natureza morta Still-life (c. 1679), Santarém, Municipal Library

Natureza morta (caixa com potes), 1660Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga - Lisboa

Natureza morta com frutos e flores (Still-life)

Natureza morta, 1660 Doces e flores

Natureza morta, cesta com cerejas

Natureza-morta com Doces e Barros, 1676, Biblioteca Municipal Anselo Braamcamp Freire de Santarém

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