Luisa Roldán: Escultora Real Review

Meeting Spain’s First Professional Female Sculptor Guest post by Olivia Turner, curatorial assistant, Meadows Museum, Dallas Title treatment for Luisa Roldán: Escultora Real. Author photo.  Luisa Roldán in the Seventeenth Century Luisa Roldán, commonly...

Finding Luisa Roldán: A North American road trip

Guest post by Cathy Hall-van den Elsen The Spanish sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652–1706) was recognised in her lifetime as an artist of considerable talent. Luisa was born in Seville, the daughter of Pedro Roldán, a prominent sculptor. Early in her career she carved...