Virgin of Sorrows

Virgin of Sorrows
Virgin of SorrowsVirgin of Sorrows
Image Rights & Reproductions Requirements
Artist
nationality
Spanish
birth-death
1636-1721
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 x 14 3/4 in.
Currently On View
Location
Spanish gallery
Credit line
The Clowes Fund Collection
Accession number
C10056
Provenance

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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
Gallery Label

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The work of Meneses Osorio is often difficult to distinguish from that of Murillo, whose style he imitated and carried into the second decade of the 18th century. The delicate coloring and gentle sensibility of this small painting owes a great deal to Murillo's influence and was formerly attributed to him.

The Virgin of Sorrows was a popular devotional subject in 17th-century Spain. In this work, the Virgin's grief-stricken gaze is fixed on the shroud, crown of thorns, and nails in the foreground. This painting was probably intended as an aid to meditation on the instruments of Christ's Passion.

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