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Jesus Falls the Third Time

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and blue. Contour lines, quick and shady. It depicts the Cross, representing the third fall of Jesus carrying the cross. In the center of the composition, Jesus kneeling, facing 3/4 on the left and suggested facial features. It wears long tunic and carries over the on the left shoulder a large cross, whose vertical beam is being held up by a man who has only one eye represented. On the left, walking girl, 3/4 toward the on the right, with arms outstretched toward Jesus. In the background, soldier figure, with his on the right hand on the cross and on the left raised holding a whip. Background in blue tone, with four arches, like the shape of the outer facade of the Church of Pampulha.

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  • Title: Jesus Falls the Third Time
  • 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: w24.4 x h24.4cm 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:child:girl, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: lead pencil , pastel
  • Signature: Initialed in bottom right corner "CP.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4121
  • Inscription: Inscriptions, at top left edge, "3ª vez” and "9”
  • Function: Study for the painting “Jesus Falls the Third Time” [FCO 2488], Ninth Station of the Via Crucis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2310
Projeto Portinari

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