Nicola Jennings is director of the Athena Art Foundation and associate lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

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Saint Michael Smiting the Devi(1692), Luisa Roldán. Monastery of El Escorial, Madrid.l

Courting success – the colourful career of Luisa Roldán

The artist’s independence of mind and spectacular skill led to her becoming the first female sculptor to the Spanish king

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