the Virgin of the waters of the Saviorone of the oldest Marian images in the city of Seville, will be restored in the workshop Enrique Gutierrez Carrasquillaa professional to which the branch of the Seville Cathedral belongs, and on which the sculpture of Fernandina is based … He is responsible for diagnosing the state of its preservation and proposing intervention in it.
The Regional Heritage Committee of the Ministry of Culture gave the green light to the tasks after evaluating the debate Diagnostic reportAnd suggest treatment and budget You enter the picture Signed by the restorer and restorer of Seville, deeming it correct in its analysis and diagnosis of the diseases shown in the picture and appropriate in terms of the proposals for the work.
Enrique Gutierrez Carrasquilla was recently responsible for the restoration Lord of Sovereign Power and Maiden of Regla Bakers who return to worship on Wednesday, December 3 after two months of work. In addition, he was recently responsible for Christ of Burgos and various movable assets in the cathedral branch.
Picture from the thirteenth century
The story of the Virgin of the Waters, whose features closely resemble the Virgin of Kings, coincides with the story of the patron saint of the Diocese of Seville. San Fernando, at the conquest of Old Seville in 1248He made many Marian carvings for Promoting Christian worship in the city Even then Muslim. For this reason, the Marian sculptures were intended to Christianize the two main mosques: just as the Virgin of Kings was crowned in the present cathedral, the Virgin of the Waters arrived in what would henceforth become the Church of the Savior, her chapel located in the mihrab or sacred space of the former mosque.
From the thirteenth century to the present it has undergone various vicissitudes, passing through periods of great splendor with a brotherhood in its honor becoming extinct. also It has been taken out in procession on numerous occasions. Most recently, when Cardinal Amigo tried to recapture his annual picnic next to San Fernando on May 30 in the 2000s. Although he no longer takes to the streets, the image still receives worship The dressing room in its majestic altar It is located in the courtyard of the collective mission, in front of the Holy Church where the Brotherhood of Passion is located.