right of the altar of the Temple of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa", sculpted by the renowned artist Manuel Tolsá, is based on María Ignacia's features. Likewise, the Inmaculada (Immaculate Conception) in the same cathedral placed on the right-hand wall, could be the daughter of María Ignacia. In the early 1840s, one traveler claimed that "La Güera" had not lost her beauty nor charm: She was "very agreeable, and a perfect living chronicle...in spite of years and of the furrows which it pleases Time to plough in the loveliest faces, La Güera retains a profusion of fair curls without one gray hair, a set of beautiful white teeth, very fine eyes, and great vivacity." She spent her last years dedicated to religious devotion in the Third Order of Saint Francis. On November 1, 1850 she died in Mexico City. After her death, her husband became a priest. Artemio de Valle Arizpe wrote a biographical novel about her life, La Güera Rodrígez (1949). She was portrayed by Mexican actress Fanny Cano in the 1978 film also entitled La Güera Rodríguez, directed by Felipe Cazals. According to some sources, it is said that María Ignacia began a relationship with Simón Bolívar at the age of 16 years when he met her en route to Spain when his ship San Ildefonso stopped in Mexico. Sources, however, are scant with regard to a continued romantic relationship. In her later years, María Ignacia frequently took lovers and husbands. Her first husband, José Jerónimo, beat her and attempted unsuccessfully to shoot her, for which she accused him of attempted murder on July 4, 1802. After the fact, José Jerónimo accused her of committing adultery with her godfather, the cleric and doctor José Mariano Beristáin y Souza, and petitioned for the intervention of the tribunal courts of New Spain and the annulment of the marriage. However, he died in 1805 before receiving the divorce. She was married a second time to Mariano Briones, a wealthy elderly gentleman who died several months later of a chill when, according to legend, she rolled over and took the blankets with her. As a result of his death, María Ignacia inherited his fortune. She married again to Manuel de Elizalde, with whom she remained until her death. After the death of María Ignacia, Manuel de Elizalde embraced a priestly life. María Ignacia supported the cause of the Mexican rebels with money