Roldan left a daughter, Doña Luisa, known as Roldana, who has the honour of being the one renowned woman sculptor of Spain. She was born in the year 1556, and was trained by her father, assisting him in his work. She inherited his talent, with less strength but more grace. Legend states that a statue of St. Ferdinand carved by Roldan was refused acceptance. The daughter retouched the work, and gave it more life, when it was received by the purchaser without knowing it was the same statue. Probably the story is untrue, but it proves the estimation in which Roldana was held by her contemporaries. Roldana married a king’s chamberlain, and went to reside in Madrid, where her works and also her person gained admiration. In 1695 she was appointed sculptor to the Chamber. But she died in 1704, when still young, only four years after her father. Roldana’s best work is the Virgin, known as Nuestra Señora de las Augustias, which is at Cadiz (Plate 153), where it is greatly esteemed. This praise is deserved. The group is cleverly composed, and is remarkable for the originality displayed in the placing of the figures; the body of the dead Christ rests between the knees of the Virgin instead of across them. The Christ is excellent, the Virgin is less good; but the angels who hold up the arms of the Divine Sufferer are very beautiful. The way in which they are grouped is masterly. The Escorial has one work by Roldana, a statue of St. Michael, who is shown dancing, and is dressed in the armour and Roman costume of the century of Louis XIV. This statue is less noteworthy. Roldan had, besides his daughter, one pupil who deserves mention, Pedro Duque Cornejo. He was the last sculptor of the Sevillian school. Among his contemporaries he gained great success, and for twenty-five years he was sculptor to the Queen’s Chamber--a success which his works certainly do not merit. All his carvings suffer from exaggeration and an overloading of ornament and gilding--the faults of the decadent period in which he lived. He executed many commissions for the Cartuja del Paula at Seville. He carved in mahogany the stalls of Cordova Cathedral, and also the fine Silleria, which was brought from the Cartuja of Seville to the Coro of Cadiz Cathedral. Cornejo died in 1757, and was buried with princely state in Cordova Cathedral. CHAPTER X THE SCHOOL OF GRANADA AND ALONSO CANO--THE DECLINE OF SCULPTURE--FRANCISCO ZARCELLO The school of Granada was an offshoot from the school of Seville, and it owes its glory chiefly to one man, who must be considered as the pupil of Montañés.