Josefa de Ayala
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Josefa de Ayala |
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Seville, Spain |
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1630 |
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1684 |
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Biography
Josefa de Ayala was born in Seville, Spain. Her father was a Portuguese artist named Balthasar Gomes Figueira. Some time in her adult life, Alyala returned to Portugal where she conducted he 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. One of her surviving paintings is that of the Marriage of Saint Catherine now at the Museu Nacional de Arte in Antigua, Lisbon. During her life time, Ayala was sufficiently well-regarded as an artist to be elected to the Lisbon Academy.
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