Granada School; XVII century.

Granada School; XVII century.
"Dolorosa".
Carved and polychrome wood.
It has eyes of vitreous paste.
Measurements: 39 x 38 x 19 cm.
Bulk sculpture representing the bust of the Virgin as Dolorosa. An invocation that is defined by the gesture of compunction of the face and the posture of the hands with the palms towards the faithful in an act of great pain and vulnerability. Traits that indicate the sacrifice of her son on the cross, showing her pain at losing her only son. The devotion to the sorrows of the Virgin has its roots in medieval times, and was especially spread by the Servite order, founded in 1233. There are many and varied iconographic representations that have as central theme the Virgin Mary in her Sorrowful aspect, being the first of them in which she appears next to the Child Jesus, who sleeps oblivious to the future of suffering that awaits him.
Stylistically, it is inserted in the Granadine baroque, which is appreciated not only in the iconography, but also in the model chosen as influence for the same, in the decoration of the clothes, in the coloring, in the features of the face, etc. Compare, for example, with the face and volumes of the "Inmaculada del facistol" made by Alonso Cano in 1655 and preserved in the Sacristy of the Cathedral of Granada, or the hand models or environment of Diego de Mora (Granada, 1656-1729), brother of José de Mora who also trained with Alonso Cano (particularly the Inmaculada de la Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Cruz de Pampaneira in Granada), or the one in the Parish Church of Santa Cruz de Pampaneira in Granada; or that of the parish church of La Anunciación de Cogollos Vega in Granada, to cite two examples somewhat similar to the present sculpture).