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A close look at Louisa Roldán’s “St. Ginés” at the Getty

Saint Ginés is life size with glass eyes that were probably made in Venice for human use, and is dressed in a splendid, gilded cope representing embroidery with gold thread. The carving and decoration is so fine that every vein in his hands is visible and the paintwork is fully intact. In the candlelight of a church this might be mistaken for the living saint.