Statues and effects. The enthusiasm of the holy week in the National Museum of the Royal Deputy

he National Museum of the Royal Deputy Rentate is about 150 pieces, between cut statues and oils from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which indicates the subject of the passion of Christ and the painful, he says to
joinery Estela Durantes, Amina and researcher in the box in Tepotzotlán.

For example, residue known as Astley Santa Cruise, which is exposed in the permanent room of MNV. “These effects are an important element that during the seventeenth and eighteenth century it was very commercial and came from different parts of Europe.

The history of these effects dates back to the eighteenth century, but we do not really know where they came, because unfortunately, many of the museums are unknown authors and originally lost over time and that is now difficult to determine. However, we know that many of the museum collection came from the Charrerta Museum, for the religious museum that includes the City of Mexico, the National Museum of History and the Old PGR, “said the researcher.

Another relevant piece that protects the museum is the oil PainfulBy Cristóbal de Villalpando, dating back to the seventeenth century; Another painful, a sculpture of one and a half meters, dates back to the nineteenth century, which is the characteristic that it was manufactured with attached fabrics (solid fabrics) with wooden equipment.

To these pieces also add a coating from the altar Christ’s passion, From the eighteenth century in addition to a local articulated virgin, with linen and velvet clothes, wood and with a face that shows pain and sadness and has cooking wood and multiple places.

Durants explained that the MNV group – which includes more than 34,000 pieces between drawing, sculpture and applause – also includes more than a hundred works before the holy week with the Dolores altar, “which was a very enjoyable practice of these dates.”

Finally, he explained that many of these pieces need to be restored. “There are special conditions, so from groups, which can not be exposed at times because they are deteriorating and you have to put them on a restoration. Then you have to do a project for costs.”

On many occasions, we put the pieces that are not exposed much, according to these restoration projects, we hope there will be a good budget soon to start these important tasks to restore our articles. “

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