La deslealtad de Pedro de Mena con la Capilla Real de Granada: a propósito del busto-relicario del Ecce Homo

We will introduce one of the completely unknown episodes in the history of the Royal Chapel of Granada that took place during part of the 17th century. It deals with the conversion of Queen Isabel´s mirror-monstrance into a reliquary for an alleged nail of the cross of Christ, against the wishes of the royal chaplains. They would fight to convert it again into a monstrance, without neglecting the nail, for which they would order a bust of Ecce Homo from Pedro de Mena (1628-1688). The artist –according to the facts known so far– had not done this before he left for Malaga in 1658 and it was Bernardo F. de Mora (1614-1684) who finally completed the assignment. Presentamos uno de los episodios totalmente desconocidos de la Capilla Real de Granada durante parte del siglo XVII. Se trata de la conversión del espejo-custodia de la reina Isabel en relicario para un supuesto clavo de la cruz de Cristo, en contra del parecer de los capellanes reales, quienes lucharán para que retornara a ostensorio, sin marginar el clavo para el que encargarán un busto de Ecce Homo a Pedro de Mena (1628-1688). El artista, según lo hasta ahora conocido, al irse a Málaga, en 1658, no lo había hecho, realizándolo Bernardo Francisco de Mora (1614-1684)