Bust of the Sorrowing Virgin
Maker
Unknown
Additional Title(s)
- Mater Dolorosa
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Datefirst half of the 18th century
Mediumpainted and gilded wood with painted glass eyes on a wood base covered with velvet
Dimensions30 × 24 × 14 in. (76.2 × 61 × 35.6 cm.)
DescriptionThe bust portrays a grieving Madonna in supplication and prayer, with clasped hands and eyes turned toward the sky.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Status
Not on viewObject number000.134
Sargent Claude Johnson
1933-1934
Object number: 2011.5
Unknown, American, 18th Century
1790-1800
Object number: 2018.10
