On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00443
- Author
- Titian [Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano] (Italian)
- Title
- Mater Dolorosa
- Chronology
- 1554
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 68 cm x 61 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 for his
intercession on behalf of
believers. In this case, the
believer is Carlos V (1500-1558).
This work was conceived as a pair
with Titian's Ecce-Homo (P437),
which is also in the Prado
Museum.
Carlos V was very interested in
this sort of images, and took both
this Mater Dolorosa and another by
Titian (P444) with him on his
retreat to the Monastery of Yuste
in Caceres,.
This Mater Dolorosa was later taken
to the Monastery of El Escorial by
Felipe II (1556-1598). From there,
it entered the Prado Museum
collection in 1839.
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