Josefa de Óbidos
Timeline
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Born in Seville and baptized on February 20, 1630.
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Lived in the town of Coimbra at the Augustinian convent of Santa Ana.
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Date of her first known work, an engraving of St. Catherine.
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Painted her earliest known signed painting.
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Settled with her family in the town of Óbidos, Portugal.
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Obtained permission to become a “donzela emancipada,” an emancipated woman living independently from her family.
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Worked on the retablo for the church of Santa Maria in Óbidos.
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Painted series of works on the life of St. Teresa for the Carmelite convent in Cascais (Nossa Senhora da Assunção).
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Died in Óbidos and is buried in the Igreja de São Pedro
