Gloria López Estrella
Puerto Rican, born 1961
Our Lady of Solitude / Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, 1997
Polychromed wood
8 5/8 x 4 x 2 ½ inches
Lent from a private Florida collection

Our Lady of Solitude represents the Virgin during the period between her son's death on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday, when she isolated herself in order to deal with her grief. Devotees invoke Our Lady of Solitude for protection against loneliness and to help cope with sadness brought upon by death.