Artist: Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)
Date: 1700
Size: 64 x 78 cm
Museum: Museum Of Christian Art (Goa, India)
Technique: Oil Painting
In common religious Catholic imagery, Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, portrayed in a mournful state, with seven long knives or daggers piercing her heart and often bleeding, is meant to recall devotion to the seven sorrows of Our Lady. This 18th century painting on wood of Our Lady of Sorrows is painted in the style of the late 17th century and seeks to dramatically highlight the figure of the Virgin, who is swathed in drapery. The crescent moon, which is usually found in the depictions of the Immaculate Conception, lies at her feet. The composition emanates a certain naïve Baroque quality in the way in which it depicts her standing with the seven swords piercing her breast – the seven sorrows. The image is framed with hanging ribbons and flowers in loud colours. Such motifs had appeared in the mid-17th century, in the works of the Portuguese painter Josefa de Obidos, who adopted floral decoration from the imposing still-lifes produced in Spain. When such motifs found their way to the Orient, the floral frame began to be enriched with long, wide, intensely coloured striped ribbons, giving the composition better emphasis.
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