A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Abarca, Maria de

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
4067635A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Abarca, Maria de

ABARCA, MARIA DE,

A Spanish lady, who distinguished herself in the middle of the seventeenth century, by the peculiar excellence of the portraits she painted. She was contemporary with Rubens and Velasquez, by whom she was much esteemed. The time of her death is unknown.