La Madre de los Dolores

Cuilapan, Oaxaca, Mexico

Our Lady of Sorrows (Upturned face tilted to the left, sorrowful gaze, full length mantle).

Wood, gesso, paint; wig, glass eyes shad-owed in blue, eyelashes; lips parted to reveal sculpted teeth; fabric garment.

The mantle covers the entire statue except for the face.


More of the Sorrowful Mother


Photo: Claire and Richard Stracke.
This photo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.