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Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

Candido Portinari1953

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, red, orange, black and white. Predominance of colored contour lines and area. Study representing Jesus being placed in the tomb. In the foreground, on the left, standing figure, in profile to the right, torso leaning forward, holding the legs of Jesus. On the right body of Jesus being carried by another person who is on the far right and holding the body by the arms. Behind Jesus' body, front figure with torso leaning over the dead body, with his on the left hand holding the on the left arm of Jesus. In the background, on the left, lines suggesting the tomb and to the right a figure watching the It depicts. In the background, jagged vertical lines.

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  • Title: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
  • 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: w20.5 x h25cm 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:women, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil, India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 351
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Inscriptions, at bottom right, "via sacra Batatais”; in top right corner, "14”. On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 747” and "Nº 665”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Jesus is Laid in the Tomb” [FCO 2799], Fourteenth Station of the Via Crucis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3218
Projeto Portinari

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