(b Seville, 1650; d Madrid, 1704). Daughter of (1) Pedro Rold?n. She trained in Seville in the workshop of her father, with whom she collaborated. Her most distinctive works are small polychrome terracotta figure groups that seem to have been unique at the time, as was her own position as a woman sculptor. She also carved wood figures and reliefs. In 1671 she married Luis Antonio Navarro de los Arcos, an artist in her father's shop, apparently against her parents' wishes. On leaving the family studio, she practised as an independent sculptor, her husband acting as polychromist. Of the few works known from her time in Seville four polychrome wood angels and figures of two thieves survive; these were made for a paso commissioned 1683-4 by the Confraternidad de la Exaltaci?n in Seville (now S Catarina). The thick locks of hair and billowing draperies of the angels are characteristic of her style.
Part of the Rold?n family
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