Loading

Jacob's Dream

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones orange, blue, ochre, gray, rose, and white earthy. Rough texture and marked brushstrokes. Representation boy lying down, sleeping, dreaming of angels soaring staircase into the sky. In the lower half on the floor with orange quadrangular areas in earthy tones and ochre, boy lying with his head to the left and to the right foot. Is to the body from the front, head turned upward, supported by the on the right arm and fist on the forehead. He has a round face with facial features indicated in rose reflexes, whitish and bluish. On the left arm on the body with a hand on the leg and bare feet. Wears dark gray clothing with parallel strokes in the vertical direction. In the upper half, a ladder through the center of the composition vertically, where three angels with great wings and wearing long flowing robes, look up the steps toward the sky, which is blue with rose reflections, clearing toward the horizon. In the top on the left, moon representation.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Jacob's Dream
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w65.5 x h81.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:angel, religious:Prophet, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3760
  • Inscription: On stretcher, label "GALERIE CHARPENTIER – 6, RUE DU FG SAINT-HONORÉ PARIS ANJOU 57-61 – 34-22 PORTINARI 19 [torn]”; inscription "Nº 37”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4126
Projeto Portinari

Get the app

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

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites