Early modern · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 647705
Mater Dolorosa
Pedro de Mena, ca. 1674–85
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Mary Trumbull Adams Fund, and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, 2014 · Public domain
- Artist
- Pedro de Mena
- Date
- ca. 1674–85
- Medium
- Partial-gilt polychrome wood
- Dimensions
- sculpture only, confirmed: 24 13/16 × 23 1/8 × 15 in. (63 × 58.7 × 38.1 cm); on black base, confirmed: 26 × 24 3/4 × 16 1/2 in., 44.2 lb. (66 × 62.9 × 41.9 cm, 20 kg)
- Era
- Early modern
Why it matters
Mater Dolorosa, dated ca. 1674–85, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Partial-gilt polychrome wood. The museum attributes the work to Pedro de Mena. The recorded dimensions are sculpture only, confirmed: 24 13/16 × 23 1/8 × 15 in. (63 × 58.7 × 38.1 cm); on black base, confirmed: 26 × 24 3/4 × 16 1/2 in., 44.2 lb. (66 × 62.9 × 41.9 cm, 20 kg). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.