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Calvary Group:
This glass case is in the chapel of El Señor de la
Sacristía, on the south side of the
church. It contains a crucifix in the center, St. John
on the right, and the Virgin Mary and St. Mary Magdalene
on the left.
Our Lady of Sorrows:
The hands are not clasped in prayer as
is usual with this type of statue but are held outward
with palms up, as in adoration. The face and hands are
fairly realistic, with lines in the palms and natural
skin tones. Still, the full oval face with its regular,
youthful features, is something of an idealization.
Because of these youthful features and the unusual
position of the hands, it is conceivable that the statue
was not originally intended for a Calvary and that the
transfixed heart is a later addition. The patterns of
interweaving feathers in the robe and mantle are of the
same work as that on the clothing of the St. John on the other side of
the crucifix.
The statue is one with its wooden base. There is
what appears to be worm damage to the right foot and the
hem of the robe. The robe and mantle have been partly
repainted, but the original red, gold, and blue
polychrome can still be seen.
Local Name: La Madre de los Dolores.
Basis for Identification: Eyes
cast heavenward, heart transfixed by a short sword,
golden sunburst diadem.
Site: Church of Santo
Domingo Ocotlán.
Location: Calvary
grouping at the south end of the chapel of El
Señor de la Sacristía.
(see note).
Media and construction: Polychrome,
metal sword. Eyes: glass. Hair:
sculpted hair. Closed mouth.
Size: Life size.
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle, Coixtlahuaca,
Cuilapan1,
Cuilapan2,
Ejutla, Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Díaz
Ordaz, Tamazulapan,
Teitipac,
Teotitlán, Teposcolula
(in Calvary group), Tlacolula,
Xoxocotlán, Yanhuitlán (?), Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Mater
dolorosa
Wikipedia: Our
Lady of Sorrows
Christian Iconography: Mater
Dolorosa,
The Sorrowful Mother
Next:
Seated at the foot of the cross in this Calvary Group, a
statue of St. Mary
Magdalene
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions always assume
that the main altar is at the east end of the church,
the narthex or entry area at the west end, and the two
walls
of the nave on the
north and south. (The
nave is the long central section.)
Actual orientations may differ.
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