Big or small the image invoce an emotion in the person. During this time small painting were popilr amaong the people. People would have an image of a saint or of a certin virgin they related to in their homes. Some would have very detail paiting. Others would have a copy or print of the sacroed image with them.
D. Lady of our Sorrows is an image of a spectife Virgin during diferent times in her life. The image of the Virgin Mart was very poplur and there was different dipictions of the virgin. In New Spain their were many different virsons of the virgin. SHe was a very poplur holy figuer in the cathcl reglion but in New Spain she was even more popluer among the people. There are many reasons why she is so poplur.
People could easy relate to her suffings and she was a mother. There were also many sighting of the Virgin in the New World which increase her populairty. This may be why there are so many images and painting done of the virgin in the New Spain. Many people wanted there own image of the Holy Mother to have.
Because the Virgin and the realsist painting style was s populr there was an increase for these images. In Northen New Spain, the eorppon style was highly favroed among the high socity and the church. Local Cirlo adopdted this style and made it there