17 Inches High x 5 Inches Wide x 5 Inches Deep
The original statue is made of painted wood, glass, cord and human hair. Francisco de Zurbarán’s painting of the same name from 1640 possibly inspired this sculpture. Created in 1663 it had never left the Toledo Cathedral until the National Gallery of Art’s “The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700” exhibited in the National Gallery of Art from February through May 2010.
Artist: Pedro de Mena
Museum: Unknown
Origin: Cathedral of Toledo, Toledo, Spain
Time Period: Renaissance, 1663
1911 Catalog ID # – 2836