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Virgin of Sorrows Mater Dolorosa
Sculptor: Mena, Pedro de
Polychromed wood, with glass eyes and tears, and hair eye lashes
Smaller than life-size bust of wood, carved in several sections, and polychromed over a white ground, with inlaid glass eyes, hair upper lashes, and three applied tears. The sorrowing Virgin faces front. Her lips are slightly parted and she looks upwards slightly. A tear rolls down each of her cheeks and another has fallen onto the base of her neck. She wears a dull pale yellow dress and over her head has a dark blue cloak over another layer of fabric of a darker shade of yellow than her dress. The bust is attached to a shallow rectangular blackened wood plinth.
History note: Private Collection, Spain, acquired by the owner's grandmother when she was young; sold by Sotheby's, London, 2 July 2013, European Sculpture & Works of Ar: Medieval to Modern, lot 99; Daniel Katz Ltd., London, from whom purchased.
Purchased with the Museum's acquisition funds, grants from The Art Fund, the Henry Moore Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Foundation, the Gatsby Foundation, the David Laing Foundation Trust, and the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and with private donations.
Depth: 19.8 cm
Height: 33.6 cm
Width: 31 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2014-10-30) by Daniel Katz Ltd
17th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1670
CE
-
1675
CE
Surface
composed of
paint
( polychrome)
Eylashes
composed of
animal hair
Eyes And Tea
composed of
glass
Eyes
Lashes
Carving : Wood, carved in the round, in several pieces, and polychromed over a white ground, with inserted glass eyes and hair upper eye lashes; attached to a wooden plinth secured by two large wrought metal nails inserted through the bottom of the plinth upwards into the main body
Accession number: M.7-2014
Primary reference Number: 200915
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_7_2014
Wikidata: Q87487374
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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