Nuestra Señora de Soledad (The Mourning Madonna)

Maker and role
Artist: José Benito Ortega, New Mexican, 1858-1941
 Year
ca. 1880-1900

Object detail

Media/Materials
Wood, with water soluble paint, fabric, tin, leather, and bone
Measurements
height, 32in (81.3cm)
Credit line
Museum purchase
Accession number
1962.6
Object type
Sculpture
Department
Spanish Colonial and Native American Art
Location
Not on view
Further information
During the reenactments of Christ's Passion during Holy Week, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, paired with a figure of Jesus, represented the meeting of Jesus and his mother at the foot of the cross.

While the upper body of this bulto is carved out of wood, the lower body consists of a wooden framework covered with stiffened and painted fabric.
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