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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Colour photogravure.

Christ in the Winepress, with the Virgin of Sorrows and the Instruments of the Passion. Woodcut after H.J. Wierix, ca. 1700.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Engraving by A. Lega after A. Piò.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Colour lithograph.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Colour photogravure after A. Piò.

A man praying to the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows and a monastic saint to intercede with Christ to save a child trapped beneath a drain-grid, 1727. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 1727.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Pouncing.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Coloured line block.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Lithograph.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin). Etching.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Engraving after A. Piò.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as the Virgin of Sorrows. Lithograph by L.S. Marin-Lavigne after B.E. Murillo.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Sorrows) appearing to Saint Francesca Romana. Etching by G. Audran after N. Poussin.

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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as the Virgin of Sorrows. Lithograph by L.S. Marin-Lavigne after B.E. Murillo.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Sorrows) appearing to Saint Francesca Romana. Etching by G. Audran after N. Poussin.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Coloured line block.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Lithograph.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Pouncing.