Josefa de Óbidos

Exhibited by Rafael Valls Limited

Material Oil on canvas

Dimensions 24.6 x 30.4 cm

Place of Creation Portugal

Price Price available upon inquiry

Status Vetted

About the Work

This remarkable and rare bodegón still life was painted by the greatest female painter of the Portugese baroque. Josefa de Óbidos has represented two traditional terracotta púcaros from southern Portugal. Balanced over the lip of one is a small clay garrafa and around this is tied a ribbon with several dasies in the background.

The ribbon is typical of Óbidos and features in several still lifes by her where they are decoratively tied around ceramics. This remarkable and rare bodegón still life was painted by the greatest female painter of the Portugese baroque. Josefa de Óbidos has represented two large red pots atop a black tablecloth, their bulbous forms taking up almost the entire canvas space. The scalloped pitchers undulate as though they were still soft unfired clay. These are traditional terracotta púcaros from southern Portugal. Balanced over the lip of one is a small clay garrafa and around this is tied a ribbon. The ribbon is typical of Óbidos and features in several still lifes by her where they are decoratively tied around ceramics.

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Provenance

Collection of the Nogueira Ferrão Vieira Family;
By descent to Maria João de Nogueira Ferrão Vieira Craigie (b. 1945), Lisbon.

Literature

'Josefa de Óbidos and the Baroque Era', exh. cat., Lisbon, 1991, no. 21, p. 134, (illus.)
V. Serrão, 'Josefa de Óbidos: and the Baroque Era', Lisbon, 1993, p. 134.
'Josefa d’Óbidos and the Invention of the Portuguese Baroque', exh. cat., Lisbon, 2015, no. 76, p. 151 (illus.)
J. Gonçalves, 'Everyday Objects in the Painting of Josepha d’Ayalla - Imaginary or Archaeological Reality?', PhD thesis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012, pp 71 - 72, cat. no. 5.