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The Grace Audiodescription.

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This painting forms a trilogy together with "The Sin" and "The Two Pathways". The subject is mystic love and profane love and women are the protagonist of this duality. He uses for this reason the same model as in "The Sin"; a complementary work without which it would not be possible to understand completely this piece.
In this canvas from 1915 it is observed the fall of a young nude woman that is subtly carried by two nuns. The young girl descends wrapped in a white purity veil, that covers the girl’s pelvis. Two Franciscan nuns are helping her. They are wearing a brown robe, white shawl, and black veil. One of the nuns is holding the girl by her shoulders, while the other nun, kneeling down, holds the girl’s legs, with her head on the knees. Just behind them, in the center is an old lady, symbol of wisdom. She keeps a redeeming attitude and seems to forgive the woman for just losing her honor. At the right, a woman dressed in black cries while she is holding a sprig of lily in her hand, symbol of lost purity. In the background, an imaginary landscape full of green and blue light and contrasts. On the left, the Saint Raphael Cemetery to the left, the Fuensanta Church, the River Guadalquivir, the Calahorra and the Campo de la Verdad, the Roman bridge, the Mosque and its tower, the façade of the Santa Marina Church, San Lorenzo, the architectural landscape of Córdoba and the Sierra Morena.