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Lord Jesus of the Cane

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, gray, earthy, ochre, rose, yellow, orange, violet, red and green. Smooth texture. Christ standing, facing, against blue background with bow snapping up the composition. The figure takes up almost the entire height of the support area has yellow halo with three red lines representing the cross around the head and crown of thorns. His face is slightly tilted down, wavy blond hair shoulder length, closed eyes, beard and mustache. Arrested mantle around the neck covers the shoulders, down the sides to the ground. Arms slightly bent and joined at the waist of string tied around the wrist. In the long on the right hand holds rod cane. Suggests using around the legs, which are a bit apart, sort of cloth represented by transparency. His feet are bare and almost parallel and step on the floor in rose and ochre with geometrical shapes. Blue background with some geometrizações and arc that concludes the composition in ochre tone.

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  • Title: Lord Jesus of the Cane
  • 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: 1952
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w88.5 x h248cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:Jesus, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2772
  • Function: Work executed as center section of the retable of the Church of Lord Jesus of the Cane, Batatais, SP
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3152
Projeto Portinari

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