A moving painting: "Virgin of Consolation" by Bouguereau

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This is Adolphe-William Bouguereau’s painting “Virgin of Consolation”.

I wept the first time that my eyes fell upon it.

As you can see, the red-eyed mother has lost her son and she has collapsed onto the Blessed Virgin Mary’s lap in exhaustion. The weeping mother’s hands are hardly held together in prayer. The poor mother has nothing left within her.

The Blessed Mother knows the pain of seeing her own Son die before her eyes, so she raises her hands and eyes in prayer to her Son, the Lord of Life. Stunning. It resonates with everything Catholic within me.

It is like a Pieta within a Pieta.

Dei Genetrix, ora pro nobis.

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A moving painting: "Virgin of Consolation" by Bouguereau

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This is Adolphe-William Bouguereau’s painting “Virgin of Consolation”.

I wept the first time that my eyes fell upon it.

As you can see, the red-eyed mother has lost her son and she has collapsed onto the Blessed Virgin Mary’s lap in exhaustion. The weeping mother’s hands are hardly held together in prayer. The poor mother has nothing left within her.

The Blessed Mother knows the pain of seeing her own Son die before her eyes, so she raises her hands and eyes in prayer to her Son, the Lord of Life. Stunning. It resonates with everything Catholic within me.

It is like a Pieta within a Pieta.

Dei Genetrix, ora pro nobis.

Posted on
Category: Mary
Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Comments Policy: I reserve the right to delete comments that are offensive or off-topic. If your comment contains a hyperlink to another site, your comment automatically goes into "Comments Purgatory" where it waits for release by way of moderation.