The Brotherhood of Mercy entrusts the workshop Regespa of Cordoba, led by Rosa Cabello and Enrique Ortega, the partial restorations of the image of the Virgin of Tears and the Christ of Mercy.
The first to be confronted will be that of the Virgin, who will be withdrawal from worship this same Friday, November 29, once the triduum in honor of the Holy Martyrs of Cordoba has been completed, as reported this Tuesday morning by the corporation.
It is the polychromy of the Virgin’s hands, damaged, which will be the subject of attention for three weeks, as specified in older brotherFrancisco Linares, in the text sent to the brothers of Mercy. Therefore, if everything goes as predicted in the preliminary report, he should return before Christmas.
The Holy Christ of Mercy, last Holy Wednesday
Meanwhile, the Holy Christ of Mercy, an anonymous image from the end of the 16th century, “presents damage to polychromy because of the cross attachment system.
When Easter 2025 has passed, the intervention will repair them and future ones will be resolved with an adaptation of this system, on a date to be determined.
Our Lady of Tears in Her Impotence, an anonymous work from the end of the 17th century, has already been restored at the Regespa, between 2007 and February 2008. To locate the previous restoration of Christ, we must go back to the summer of 1983, and it was by Rafael Rivera Valle.
THE board of directors of Mercy unanimously adopted this decision at an extraordinary meeting of officers held on November 24 and both performances will take place in the workshop premises.
La Regespa has extensive experience in this area of image restoration, having restored María Santísima d’Araceli de Lucena, as well as the Rescatado and the Virgen de los Dolores de Córdoba (as well as the pedestal of her sanctuary) and the Fallen by Fernán Núñez, among others. many others.
