Virgin of Greatest Sorrow

1743. Taille douce: etching and engraving on laid paper.
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Copies of the Virgin of Solitude were made in prints, the cheapest and most widely distributed medium, in which popular interpretations were produced alongside others of excellent quality. Prints likewise attest to the success the iconography enjoyed throughout Spain in the form of the many devotional images which reproduced the Virgin of Solitude in whole or in part, providing further proof of her efficacy as an intercessor. Examples from different chronological periods are that by Nicolás Carrasco (fl. 1720–49) of the Virgin of Greatest Sorrow in El Cerro de Andévalo in Huelva.

Arias Martínez, Manuel, Darse la mano. Escultura y color en el Siglo de Oro, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2024, p.213-214

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Inventory number: G002774
Author: Nicolás Carrasco -Engraver and drawer-
Title: Virgin of Greatest Sorrow
Date: 1743
Technique: Taille douce: etching and engraving
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Height: 311 mm; Width of the plate mark: 138 mm; Width: 214 mm; Height of the plate mark: 239 mm
Provenance: Collection of José María Cervelló, 2003
Entry date: 2003

Bibliography +

Arias Martínez, Manuel, Darse la mano. Escultura y color en el Siglo de Oro, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2024, pp. 213-214.

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2687.

Inv. Colección Cervelló. Núm. 174304.

Inscriptions +

Verdadero Retrato dela Milagrosa / Imagen de N.a S.ra del MAIOR DOLOR, quese Uenera en / la Villa del Zerro Arzob.do de SeUilla. // Los Ill.mos S.res Obispos de Icossio y Gadara han Conce- / dido Cada uno 40 dias de indulgencia â todas las / Personas, que delante desta Estampa rezaren un / AVE MARIA // Nicolas Carrasco. deli. spt Hispali Año. 1743
Lettered in the plate. Front, lower area

Nicolas Carrasco. deli. spt Hispali Año. 1743
Lettered in the plate. Front, lower left area

1743-4 INEDITO
Inscribed in pencil. Back

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Hand in Hand. Sculpture and colour in the Spanish Golden Age
Madrid
19.11.2024 - 02.03.2025

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 31-10-2024

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