Josefa de Óbidos Catherine’s acquisitions propelled renowned artists

Catherine’s acquisitions propelled renowned artists to new heights

materials and textures which the artist depicted – from food and flowers to guns and game – this study offers a new

and imperial expeditions in Asia and Africa

Gregory Salter

with rapidly expanding new institutions and a changing moral code and explores how Butterfield responded to and advanced that transformation

Josefa de Óbidos Catherine’s acquisitions propelled renowned artistsThe first monograph on the artist to be published in English, this book provides a long overdue introduction to the life and work of Portuguese painter Josefa de Ayala, known as Josefa de bidos (1630 1684). One of the best known and most celebrated artists of the Portuguese baroque, she is the only early modern female artist to be credited with representing the art of a whole period and a geographical area. Her paintings encompass a diversity of