Dolorosa
Dolorosa
Early 19th Century
Wood and Ivory
H:30” (76 cm)
Starting bid: P 160,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Manila
Lot 95 of the Leon Gallery auction on 12 September 2015. Please see www.leon-gallery.com for details.
The Dolorosa or Sorrowful Mother, one of the favorite depictions of the Blessed Virgin during the Spanish Colonial Period, was portrayed in many stances. When the image had her hands clasped and her head raised in anguish, she was called Nstra. Senora de las Angustias. When her head was bowed in resignation with her hands over her breast, she was known as Nstra. Senora de la Soledad. Life-sized images of the Angustia wearing a purple tunic and a dark blue cape were paraded in the Holy Thursday procession, while the Soledad went out on Good Friday completely clad in black.
This particular santo is commonly called a Dolorosa, and was made for a household altar. It shows the Virgin with her head up and her hands clasped in the posture of a Nstra. Sra. de las Angustias. The image has an ivory head and hands on an articulated torso, and a de bastidor or framed lower body. The image was meant to be dressed in intricately embroidered vestments or even in hand-beaten silver, embossed and chased with elaborate designs. The style of the dress followed that worn in the Royal Court in Madrid during the 17th and 18th Centuries. Unfortunately, this santo has lost its vestments, but the beauty of the carving of its face and hands remain.
Dolorosa
Dolorosa
Early 19th Century
Wood and Ivory
H:30” (76 cm)
Starting bid: P 160,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Manila
Lot 95 of the Leon Gallery auction on 12 September 2015. Please see www.leon-gallery.com for details.
The Dolorosa or Sorrowful Mother, one of the favorite depictions of the Blessed Virgin during the Spanish Colonial Period, was portrayed in many stances. When the image had her hands clasped and her head raised in anguish, she was called Nstra. Senora de las Angustias. When her head was bowed in resignation with her hands over her breast, she was known as Nstra. Senora de la Soledad. Life-sized images of the Angustia wearing a purple tunic and a dark blue cape were paraded in the Holy Thursday procession, while the Soledad went out on Good Friday completely clad in black.
This particular santo is commonly called a Dolorosa, and was made for a household altar. It shows the Virgin with her head up and her hands clasped in the posture of a Nstra. Sra. de las Angustias. The image has an ivory head and hands on an articulated torso, and a de bastidor or framed lower body. The image was meant to be dressed in intricately embroidered vestments or even in hand-beaten silver, embossed and chased with elaborate designs. The style of the dress followed that worn in the Royal Court in Madrid during the 17th and 18th Centuries. Unfortunately, this santo has lost its vestments, but the beauty of the carving of its face and hands remain.