BROTHERHOOD THAT ORGANIZES IT
Brotherhood of Our Lady of Mercy

DAY
Saturday of Sorrows

DEPARTURE TIME
21:00 hours

STARTING POINT
From the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Orchard.

INSTRUMENTS
Drums, kettledrums, bugles and bass drums, accompanied by rattles, which traditional during the Holy Week in the region

PROCESSIONAL FLOAT
Our Lady of Sorrows group, “titular” of the eponymous Chapel in the Cathedral of Tarazona.
This is one of the most outstanding works by Francisco Gutiérrez, official cour sculptor of Charles III. It reflects the transition from Baroque to Neoclassicism, an evolution typical of the period. The triangular and perfectly balanced composition has as its main axis the Virgin who, seated, holds the body of Jesus, who seems to be asleep, although in reality he is lifeless. The sweetness of the faces of both, the contained pain and suffering of Mary, as well as her gesture when taking the lifeless hand of her Son, distance our sculpture from the Baroque model and bring it closer to Neoclassicism, a style introduced in our country by Francisco Gutiérrez himself upon his return from his long stay in Rome on a scholarship from the Academy of San Fernando, where he would become one of its most notable teachers.

ROUTE
S.I. Catedral, Plaza de La Seo, C/ Virgen del Rio, Puente de la Virgen del Rio, Pº Fueros de Aragón, Pº Constitución, Plaza de San Francisco, C/ Francisco Martínez Soria, Plaza de la Seo, S.I. Catedral.