Our Lady of Sorrows

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Our Lady of Sorrows

Artist: Unknown

Place made:Spain

Culture: Spanish

Date: late- 19th century

Medium: Oil on glass and gold foil

Dimensions:

framed: 26 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (66.7 x 54.6 x 2.9 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds from Ford Motor Co.

Object number: 2000.47.2

Label Text

The Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, which shows a sorrowful Mary mourning her Son's death, is one of the most important images in Christendom. She generally appears with her head covered in a black cloth, hands clasped, and with tears streaming down her face. She is usually painted with at least one dagger at her breast, an allusion to Luke 2:35, where Simeon prophesises that a sword will pierce her heart as a display of grief. This reverse painting on glass includes seven daggers, symbolizing the seven sorrows that afflicted Mary during her son's life. The first of these sorrows was Christ's circumcision and the last was his crucifixion.

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Our Lady of Sorrows

Our Lady of Sorrows