Loading

Deposition

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white, green, blue, purple, ochre-red, rose, red and gray. Contour lines, parallel dashed, quick strokes. It depicts withdrawal of Jesus from the Cross. In the center figure of a man standing in front, holding the body of Jesus. His head tilted to the left, indicated facial features and beard suggestion. Wears tunic long sleeves covering the knees and leaving the show legs apart and feet shod with strappy sandals. The body of Jesus is being carried by two more figures: the on the left, curved profile to the right, holds the legs and the on the right, on a kind of crate, safe part of the shroud by the head of Jesus. Both figures wear coats represented by dashed parallel strips shoes and sandals. Behind the central figures, we see part of the vertical beam of the cross and on the left outline of a figure climbing stairs. Basically, parallel lines converge towards the vertical beam of the cross, suggesting that a hill and at the top, on the right, circle representing the sun.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Deposition
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w24 x h24cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:religious scenes:Stations of the Cross, religious:Jesus, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil , color crayon, colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2951
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Estudo para a ‘Via Sacra’ da Pampulha, de autoria de Candido Portinari – Autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari em Janeiro de 1972".
  • Function: Study for the painting “Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross” [FCO 2492], Thirteenth Station of the Via Crucis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2315
Projeto Portinari

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites