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Attributes of Saints

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Sketch lines. In the lower on the left half dead body impaled on a stick, symbol of St. Bartholomew, seeing them arms and legs; the head is only suggested. In the center of the composition, the same dead body outline. In the center, leaning on the bottom margin of the front Eagle species. On the right side of the support, from the left to the right and from top to bottom, the name of the twelve apostles with the design of their respective attributes, each set in a rectangle; Profile rooster on the left and two keys side by side with ring up and the word "PEDRO"; two crossed sticks in the form of "X" with the inscription "ANDRÉ"; Latin cross and the inscription "Felipe"; sword horizontally with the words: "SWORD" and "MAJOR JAMES"; cross and dead body outline skewered on a stick, with the inscription "BARTHOLOMEW"; Angel head front with open wings and the inscription "MATHEUS"; outline of a mountain range in the horizontal and the inscription "SIMON"; kind of rod and registration "S.J. TADEU"; kind of bag, staff and the inscription "JAMES LESSER"; a sword vertically, a on the right arm and the inscription "TOME"; Eagle front and the inscription "S.J. EVANGELIST"; two scratchings which appear to represent two stacks of coins and the inscription "JUDAS ESCARIOTO".

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  • Title: Attributes of Saints
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w27.5 x h34cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:religious symbols
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 370
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 57”.. Inscriptions, at right edge, "PEDRO”, "ANDRE”, "ESPADA”, "TIAGO MAIOR”, "Felipe”, "BERTOLOMEU”, "MATHEUS”, "SIMÃO”, "S. JUDAS TADEU”, "TIAGO MENOR”, "TOMÉ”, "S.J. EVANGELISTA”, "JUDAS ESCARIOTO”, "Vicenza” and "E.N. do mozaico”
  • Function: Sketch for mosaic mural; not executed
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3889
Projeto Portinari

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