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Baby Jesus of Batatais
Candido Portinari1952
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, brown and blue. Smooth lines, quick strokes. Head Child Jesus occupying the center of the composition, against plain background. The boy is from the front, has a round face, curly hair with small bunch fell in the middle of the forehead, broken eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes with blue skirted pupil; small nose, thin lips shaded by dotted lines, rounded chin and slightly shaded neck. Sees the start of the clothes.
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Details
- Title: Baby Jesus of Batatais
- 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: 1952
- Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w21.6 x h25.3cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:Jesus:Boy, human figure:child:boy, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1573
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "menino Jesus Batatais”
- Function: Study for the panel The Holy Family [FCO 2777]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3157
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