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Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
Candido Portinari1953
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black tones, white, red and blue. Quick and scraped traces. It depicts the Cross, representing Jesus being nailed to the cross. In the center, cross through the composition in the cross from the left to the right, from the bottom up, with Jesus being nailed by hand, by two men. Both are back with hammer in hand. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
- 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: 1953
- Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w20 x h24.5cm 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 , colored pencil, India ink pen , fountain pen
- Signature: Signed in middle of bottom half "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5116
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "VIA SACRA BATATAIS”
- Function: Study for the painting Jesus is Nailed to the Cross [FCO 2796], Eleventh Station of the Via Crucis
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3215
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