Josefa de Ayala e Cabreira's St Catherine Altarpiece and Female Empowerment

Andrews, Jean; Roe, Jeremy

Abstract

This chapter examines Josefa de Ayala's altarpiece on the life of St Catherine of Alexandria (1661) in the parish church of Óbidos, Portugal and the relationship that may be drawn between it and the impending nuptials of Catarina de Bragança and Charles II of England.

Citation

Andrews, J., & Roe, J. (2020). Josefa de Ayala e Cabreira's St Catherine Altarpiece and Female Empowerment. In Representing Women's Political Identity in the Early Modern World (105-124). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

• Online Publication Date: Oct 8, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 28, 2020
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Pages: 105-124
• Book Title: Representing Women's Political Identity in the Early Modern World
• Chapter Number: 5
• ISBN: 9781138541856
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4932383
• Publisher URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351010122/chapters/10.4324/9781351010122-5