About: Catherine da Costa

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Catherine Rachel da Costa (1679–1756), née Mendes, was an English miniaturist. She grew up in London and studied painting under Bernard Lens III. Most of her surviving portraits are of family and friends, and there is also a picture of Mary Queen of Scots. Da Costa was the first female Anglo-Jewish artist of note. In her personal life, she married Moses da Costa and had six children.

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  • Catherine Rachel da Costa (1679–1756), née Mendes, was an English miniaturist. She grew up in London and studied painting under Bernard Lens III. Most of her surviving portraits are of family and friends, and there is also a picture of Mary Queen of Scots. Da Costa was the first female Anglo-Jewish artist of note. In her personal life, she married Moses da Costa and had six children. (en)
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  • Voltaire (en)
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  • 1679 (xsd:integer)
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  • Catherine Rachel Mendes (en)
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  • London, England (en)
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  • Self-portrait attributed to Catherine da Costa (en)
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  • 1756 (xsd:integer)
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  • London, England (en)
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  • Catherine da Costa (en)
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  • English (en)
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  • Catharina da Costa, Catherine Rachel da Costa (en)
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  • Madame Acosta [sic] said in my presence to a cleric hoping to convert her to Christianity: *"Was your God born Jewish?" *"Yes" *"Did he die Jewish?" *"Yes" *"Well then, become Jewish" (en)
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  • Notebooks page 26 (en)
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  • Catherine Rachel da Costa (1679–1756), née Mendes, was an English miniaturist. She grew up in London and studied painting under Bernard Lens III. Most of her surviving portraits are of family and friends, and there is also a picture of Mary Queen of Scots. Da Costa was the first female Anglo-Jewish artist of note. In her personal life, she married Moses da Costa and had six children. (en)
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  • Catherine da Costa (en)
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