Las Damas Romanas is one of the early works of Luna as a painter that resurfaced in the past quarter of a century after being presumed to be either lost or missing.

The painting had also been documented through a black and white photograph from the files of Alfonso T. Ongpin, a historian and pre-war art dealer.

In 1980, the image from Ongpin was reprinted by Santiago Pilar[5] in the book "Juan Luna: The Filipino As Painter".

It depicted a domestic scene in ancient Roman life, portraying two women lying on the steps of a house.

[4] Long thought lost or missing, the painting emerged in an estate sale outside Paris, France, before 2008.