Mercedes Volait

With an original translation of selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses

150 color and 150 b/w illustrations

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Luisa Roldán stocking stuffers Mercedes VolaitCatherine Hall van den Elsen This initial book in the groundbreaking new series Illuminating Women Artists is the first English language monograph on the extraordinary Spanish Baroque sculptor Luisa Roldn. Luisa Roldn (16521706), also known as La Roldana, was an accomplished Spanish Baroque artist, much admired during her lifetime for her exquisitely crafted and painted wood and terracotta sculptures. Roldn trained under her father and worked in