Spanish School (c. 1700) - Mater Dolorosa

- Oil on canvas. - An emblematic figure of Counter-Reformation Catholicism in the Hispanic kingdoms, Our Lady of Sorrows is an example of unconditional love, self-denial in the face of prophecy and mystical altruism. This exquisite painting from the transition from the 17th to the 18th century, probably made by a Madrid workshop, is part of the current trend of "true portraits", which represents a religious image in its chapel, with a silver crown and curtains from a dressing room, but giving it human emotions, as if it were alive. The presence of the Virgin in the writing is diffuse and inconstant, but Catholic Marianism gives it, precisely through art, an exceptional place in the narrative of the Passion. - Dimensions of the unframed image: 58 x 45 cm / 64 x 51 cm with beautiful antique gilded frame.