The Chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe, located in the Monastery of the Royal Discalced Nuns of Madrid, features a complex iconographical program, with the Virgin and the strong women of the Old Testament as its protagonists. This program was executed by the artist Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo, and designed by one of its resident nuns, Sister Ana Dorotea de Austria. This article attempt to shed light an a rather uncommon feminine typology: that of the daughters of Job, Jemima and Keren-happuch by means of the study of the principal literary sources where they are mentioned. By this means I will offer a complete reading of the Chapel?s iconographical program, by establishing the relationship between the depictions of Día and the Immaculate Conception, and Alcohol and Bathsheba. KEYWORDS Royal Discalced; Strong Women of the Old Testament; Daughters of Job; Immaculate Conception; Bathsheba;... [Llegir més ...]