Pepita de Oliva
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Josefa Durán y Ortega, known by the stage name Pepita de Oliva, was a Romani Spanish dancer who performed across Europe, popularizing Spanish flamenco dancing and costumes. Despite her official marria
Portrait photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1856
Pepita de Oliva dancing the "Aragoneza" (1853)
Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, 10th Duke de Osuna, Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish nobleman.
Pepita de Oliva
…Josefa Durán y Ortega was officially the daughter of Pedro Durán and Catalina Ortega although it was rumoured her father was the celebrated nobleman Francisco de Borja Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, the 10th Duke of Osuna. Her mother was a Romani washerwoman and dealer in old clothes who had earlier performed in a circus, while Pedro Durán, a…
Don Francisco de Borja Tellez Giron, by Francisco de Goya, Musée Bonnat