Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary

Mena y Bitoria, Claudia		print view
Alternate Bitoria, Claudia Mena* Alternate Claudia de la Asunción Alternate Claudia Juana de la Asunción, (Sor) Alternate Juana de la Asunción Alternate Mena, Claudia (de) Alternate Mena, Claudia Juana de Alternate Mena, Claudia Juana de la Asunción
L.C. Name	Mena y Bitoria, Claudia, 1655-1702
Dates	1655-1702
Region(s)	Andalusia
Media	Sculptor
Notes	Assumed the name Juana de la Asunción upon entering the Cistercian convent in Málaga in 1672.
Female Artist	y
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Created	MLH |D 1994 07 12 |T 10:12:54
Created	MLH |D 1994 07 12 |T 10:12:54

Andrés Llordén, 1960, pp.107 n.1, 133-135 (Claudia de Mena, or Claudia de la Asunción, n.1654-doc.1675).
Bénézit, 1976 (also called Juana de la Asunción, under her sister, Andrea Mena y Bitoria).
Gallego y Burín, Tres familias, 1925, pp.327-328 (Claudia Juana de Mena, bapt.1655).
Gómez-Moreno, 1963, p.259 (Claudia de Mena [no dates given]).
Hernández Díaz, 1988, p.180 (Sor Claudia Juana de la Asunción, indexed as Claudia Juana de la Asunción Mena, doc.1672).
Orueta y Duarte, 1914, pp.62, 65, 300 (Claudia Juana or Claudia de la Asunción, doc.1671-m.1702).
Palomino, Vidas, [1724] ed.1986, pp.324, 325 n.16 (under her father, Pedro de Mena [no dates given]; with editor's annotation of Claudia de Mena).
Petteys, 1985.
Thieme-Becker, v.24, 1930 (Claudia Mena or Mena y Bitoria, also called Juana de la Asunción, under her sister, Andrea Mena [Andrea Mena y Bitoria]).