Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches
A study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Claire and Richard Stracke. Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Claire and Richard Stracke. Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. |
La Madre de los Dolores |
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Our Lady of Sorrows (Hands clasped in supplication, eyes up; silver diadem; silver heart pierced by a dagger).
Polychrome; glass eyes, carved hair; 5½. The carved hair spills out of the veil in heavy locks onto the breast. The artist has used gold lavishly and to good effect in the full-length veil, which has a design of flowers and grapevines. The figure wears a large silver diadem and a silver heart pierced by a dagger with the curved handle of a Spanish short sword. These seem to have been added. Very fine work, especially in the natural skin tones and the delicate suggestions of skeletal structure at and below the chin. Location: Left of the crucifix in the Calvary chapel. |