Josefa de Óbidos

Josefa de Óbidos
Pedro Ribeiro Simões from Lisboa, Portugal, CC BY 2.0

(1630–1684) portugisisk målare

Josefa de Óbidos (Spain, 1630–1684) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Josefa de Óbidos belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Josefa de Óbidos was born in Seville and died in Óbidos. Josefa de Óbidos worked in Óbidos.

The best-known works include ‘Lactation of St. Bernard’ and ‘The Penitent Magdalene Comforted by Angels’. The works belong mainly to the genre still life. The catalogue has 35 works by Josefa de Óbidos with free images. The dated works span the years 1640–1700. Works by Josefa de Óbidos are held by several collections, among them Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Machado de Castro National Museum, Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Cascais), and National Museum Frei Manuel do Cenáculo. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Juan de Arellano, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdés Leal, Pedro Roldán, and Pedro de Mena.