Jaime Ponce de Leon, Leon Gallery founder and art director, said that the sculpture was offered for auction by the descendants of Narcisa Rizal, one of the sisters of Rizal. Josephine Sleeping ...

Speaking under cover of anonymity, its previous owner and a descendant of Rizal’s sister Narcisa said, “When I learned that the National Museum was interested in acquiring this sculpture ...

The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and ...