Mater Dolorosa

3D Model

This Seated Virgin Mary (also known as ‘Mater dolorosa’ or ‘Seated Virgin of Sorrows’) is a full-figure sculpture by Germain Pilon, completed in 1586. The original, a complicated marble of elaborate fabric folds, is housed at the Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris where it sits in a niche (hence why it has only been cast from the front).

Our Lady of Sorrows is a name by which the Virgin Mary is referred to in relation to the sorrows in her life. As Mater Dolorosa, it is also a key subject for Marian art in the Catholic Church.

This 3D model was made available in the public domain by the Statens Museum for Kunst, retypology and texturing done by me.