La Madre de los Dolores
Church of Santa
Maria
de la Asunción,
Nochixtlan,
Oaxaca, Mexico
Our Lady of Sorrows (Eyes heavenward, praying hands; beige
mantle).
Wood, gesso, paint; glass eyes, no lashes, bald; sculpted
teeth with
suggestion
of tongue; fabric garments; approx. 5 feet tall.
The sculpted feet are visible at the hem. The custodian
reports that
the
entire statue is flesh colored beneath the clothing. The
mantle and
wimple
are pinned together tightly so as to reveal only the Virgin's
face and
bald forehead. The hands hold a white handkerchief. Pain and
sorrow are
strongly expressed in the face. The skin is very finely done
and has a
life-like sheen, though in some places it has been banged
away,
revealing
the gesso and a dark pattern in gold and red.
More of the Sorrowful
Mother