Luisa Roldán
Luisa Roldán  | |
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| Born | 8 September 1652 | 
| Died | 10 January 1706 (aged 53) | 
| Resting place | Parish Church of San Andrés, Madrid | 
| Nationality | Spanish | 
| Education | Her father, Pedro Roldán | 
| Known for | Sculpture | 
Luisa Ignacia Roldán (8 September 1652 – 10 January 1706), known also as La Roldana, was a Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era. She is the earliest woman sculptor documented in Spain. Roldán is recognized in the Hispanic Society Museum for being "one of the few women artists to have maintained a studio outside the convents in Golden Age Spain".
Because of the quality of her work, Antonio Palomino considered her as important a sculptor as her father, Pedro Roldán.
Although Roldán became the Escultor de Cámara, or Court Sculptor, to the Habsburg King Charles II, she struggled financially. Like many artists of her time she died poor, signing a declaration of poverty shortly before her death. On the day of her death, Roldan was given the title of "Academician Merit" from the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.