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josefa de óbidos
josefa de óbidos was a spanish-born portuguese painter. her birth name was josefa de ayala figueira, but she signed her work as 'josefa em óbidos' or 'josefa de ayalla'. all of her work was executed in portugal, her father's native country, where she lived from the age of four. approximately 150 works of art have been attributed to josefa de óbidos, making her one of the most prolific baroque artists in portugal.
The Subject Atlas
A chart of josefa de óbidos's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
