On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00444
- Author
- Titian [Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano] (Italian)
- Title
- Mater Dolorosa
- Chronology
- 1555
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 68 cm x 53 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
An image of the Virgin Mary
mourning her Son's suffering. With
her hands joined in prayer, she
weeps for Christ and intercedes on
behalf of the faithful. In this
case, the faithful party is Carlos
V (1500-1558) who commissioned the
work. The emperor was very
interested in this type of image
and took it with him when he
retired to the Monastery of Yuste
(Caceres), along with another Mater
Dolorosa (P443), which is also in
the Prado Museum collection.
The present work was taken to the
Monastery of El Escorial by Felipe
II in 1574 and was registered in
the 1600 inventory of Madrid's
Alcázar Palace as a companion to
Ecce Homo (P437), another of
Titian's works in the Prado Museum
collection. From there, it entered
the Prado Museum collection in
1821.
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