La Bulaqueña

Filipino culture. The painting is displayed at the National Museum of Fine Arts

marry or, as mentioned earlier, a woman wooed by Luna's brother, Antonio. The two books suggested that the woman was one of the daughters of Doña Mariquita Sabas who lived in 2 Espeleta Street, Binondo, Manila, a place frequented by Luna and his brother Antonio for tertulia gatherings. Doña Sabas had two daughters: Dolores (nicknamed “Loleng”) and Francisca (“Paquita”), and the former is believed to be the woman in the painting.However, according to Rosalinda Orosa, the owner of Luna's other painting, the Tampuhan, the woman could be Emiliana Trinidad, the mother of Orosa's niece-in-law and the same woman who sat for Luna's Tampuhan. Orosa's claim prevailed as there are existing photographs of Emiliana Trinidad. ^[1]

Malacañan Palace Museum agrees with the findings of the research regarding the woman's possible identity.^[1]