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AT-00009817Mater Dolorosa (The Virgin Mary Mourning)
About the Artwork
This fragment was once part of a larger sculpture carved in low relief, where sculpted elements are raised from a flat background. The full sculpture depicted Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary flanking Christ on the cross. This section is the only surviving portion of Georges-Daniel de Monfreid’s original composition. This work combines painting and sculpture and was described in De Monfreid’s lifetime as “a sculpture by a painter.” De Monfreid was a close friend of Paul Gauguin whose painting The Call (1943.392) also addressed the theme of spirituality in his work.
Inscriptions
upper left: au docteur Gouzer/G.Daniel-Monfreid.
Exhibition history
George Daniel de Monfreid (1856-1929). An Artist Apart. Musée d'art Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpignan cedex, France (organizer) (June 25-November 6, 2022).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Georges-Daniel de Monfreid (French, 1856–1929)
- Date
- 1897
- Medium
- painted plaster and wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 73.7 x 59.1 x 17.8 cm (29 x 23 1/4 x 7 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 2002.54
Open-access museum record · AT-00009817
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