María Estefanía Dávalos y Maldonado

María Estefanía Dávalos y Maldonado (January 5, 1725 in Chimborazo[1] – Quito, c. 1801) was an Ecuadorian sculptor and painter. She was a part of the Quito School of the 18th century.

María Estefanía Dávalos y Maldonado
Virgen del Carmen carved by María Estefanía Dávalos y Maldonado
Born(1725-01-05)January 5, 1725
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Died
Quito, Ecuador
MovementQuito School

Her most famous work is La Virgen del Carmen, a sculpture located in a monastery in Ecuador. Her first known work is La conversión de San Pablo, which she painted around 1738.

Biography

Her parents were the general José Dávalos Sotomayor y Villagómez and Rosa Elena Maldonado Sotomayor.[2] She was born in the Chimborazo Province of Ecuador. Her sister was Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado and she was the niece of Pedro Vicente Maldonado.

See also

References
  1. Navarro, José Gabriel (1950). Contribuciones a la historia del arte en el Ecuador.
  2. Publicación. Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. 1960.
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