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Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, 19th C
Amazingly Lifelike Glass Eyes!
This is a 19th century figure of the Dolorosa (grieving mother) or Nuestra Senora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows). Her facial expression depicts sadness and her slanted glass eyes indicates that she is in agony. Her face is made of handcarved wood polychrome painted, gessoed and shiny finish and the hands are similarly made of wood. It is very rare to see reverse painted glass eyes, face and hands this lifelike giving the figure has an eerie character. The base is also made of carved wood while the inside the body is a wooden frame work while the vestment is made of cloth smoothened and hardened with a gesso/glue mixture and then polychrome painted. This technique is common during the Spanish Colonial period. The origin of this figure is obscure, but is probably French or South American. It was obtained from a Franciscan monastery in Toronto, Canada. The measurements are 13.25” high X 5.5” wide X 4.25” deep and she weights in at 1 lb.-10 oz. See pictures for missing fingers, otherwise this figure is superb. Notice the original yellow (in form of daggers) paint on her chest representing her seven sorrows. A silver milagro (not original) is attached to where the original may have been. Notice also the silver rose perched on her right hand (this is NOT INCLUDED in the price and is for enhancement only). If interested in purchasing the sterling silver rose, please see SKU 2006165.
History:
The Our Lady of Sorrows is oftentimes depicted together with the crucified Christ, St. John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene in a tableau, though it can stand alone. Here Our Lady is portrayed as a grieving mother, with her countenance expressing anything from mournful solitude to open-mouthed anguish; glass tears often flow from her eyes. She wears a veil over her head as sign of bereavement; her hands clasped in suffering may also hold a lacy handkerchief. Often, a heart appears on her breast pierced by seven daggers, symbolizing her seven sorrows. The Dolorosa also typically wears a type of radiance known as the “resplandor”, a three-quarter nimbus
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