La Virgen de la Soledad

Church of the Virgen de la Navidad, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
Soledad (Virgin in black and silver).
Wood, gesso, paint; fabric clothing; approx. 5½ feet tall.


We assume this to be a Soledad, but the figure wears a sunburst diadem rather than a crown, and there is no lily in the hands, which have been tied together.


More Latin American Santos of the Virgin Mary
Photographed at the site by Claire and Richard Stracke