María Estefanía Dávalos y Maldonado | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1725 |
Birth Place: | Chimborazo, Ecuador |
Death Place: | Quito, Ecuador |
Movement: | Quito School |
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.
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.
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.