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Our Lady of Sorrows (Soledad):
This Soledad is not in the tradition of
the aquiline-nosed, long-faced beauty of the statue in
Oaxaca. The Virgin suggests rather a lady of the 18th
court, haughty, reserved, and merely pretty. The shape
of the clothing indicates that this is frame statue. The
crown is shaped of 6 metal leaves rising from a circle
and is decorated with glass stones. It is topped by an
orb and cross.
Local Name: Nuestra Señora de
la Soledad.
Basis for Identification: Black
and silver mantle, lace wimple enclosing the face, lace
cuffs, full crown, lily in hands.
Site: Church of Santa
Ana del Valle.
Location: In a glass
case in a niche in a baroque retablo along the north
wall of the nave, between the narthex and the first rib
(see note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint, fabric garments, metal crown. Eyes:
painted.
Size: About 3 feet (90 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla, Coixtlahuaca,
Cuilapan,
Ejutla, Etla, Huitzo, Mitla, Teotitlán,
Teposcolula1, Teposcolula2,
Tilantongo,
Xoxocotlán,
Yanhuitlán,
Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of
Mater Dolorosa
Next:
Moving farther along the north wall, we come to another
statue of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Introduction to Santa Ana del Valle
Santos Home Page
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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