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Brought to our saleroom by the current owner family mistakenly thinking that it was a Spanish colonial work, due to its exquisite details, quality and meticulousness, our experts rapidly deduced that it could undoubtedly be a work by Luisa Roldán "La Roldana". Much more coincident in period, style and meticulous quality to the best female artist of the Spanish Baroque. We thank Mr. José Antonio Díaz Gómez, Doctor of Art History and Professor of the Department of Art History at the University of Seville, for his help in cataloging and identifying this extraordinary work. This is, without a doubt, one of those magnificent discoveries that happen once in a lifetime, every detail in this work is sublime, delicate... beautiful, the Mother of God looks at the sky with an innocent gesture of tenderness and innocence, under two dazzling blue eyes in painted glass of which various models executed by La Roldana are known; Her body is covered by a delicate golden green cloak, dotted and sgraffito with golden edges studded with detailed flourishes of painted roses. Under the feet of the Blessed Virgin, five smiling angels of unappealable craftsmanship from La Roldana gaze tenderly at the viewer. Sculptural group in gilt and polychrome terracotta, preserving all its original polychrome and gilding, measurements: 43 x 23 x 14 cm. Provenance: Spanish private collection. Reference bibliography: García Olloqui, María Victoria (2000). Luisa Roldán La Roldana, Seville: Guadalquivir. ISBN 84-8093-068-3. Similar examples: see "Immaculate Conception" by Luisa Roldán, La Roldana. Virgen con el Nino. 1680-1686, National Gallery of Art, Washington, for a similar example of lesser quality and detail than the present work offered in our saleroom.