The image is detallado and does not wear any fabric clothing, as its farthingale dress is made of solid 18-karat filigree gold.
The Augustinian Order were granted custody of the image for sometime,[3] until the 1945 Battle of Manila, when it was considered lost and surfaced under private ownership.
Records of ownership also trace that the image was once venerated in the Minor Basilica of Saint Lorenzo Ruíz de Manila, while another theory holds that the Tuason clan once purchased the image, most notably Don Antonio Tuason, who had a particular preference for colonial fine art.
The image formerly participated in the annual Grand Marian Procession at Manila Cathedral in Intramuros as late as December 1981.
In later years, the image was returned to its original custodian, and was last seen in the private living room of Imelda Marcos during a televised interview by ABS-CBN.