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Our Lady of Aparecida

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow tones, blue, earthy, white, red and ochre. Smooth texture. Support divided into four parts: three rectangles vertically, occupying almost the entire support area, and a half-moon cast off the top edge. On the left side of the rectangle see are three ovals distributed vertically, suggesting lanscapes, inside. In the central rectangle, figure of Our Lady of Aparecida with great crown on her head and voluminous robe, looking up the trim of the folds. Hands suggest be put. The figure is surrounded by flush on the left at shoulder level, one sees two angel heads and on the right at the same time, another angel head. In the rectangle on the right, three ovals distributed vertically, suggesting lanscapes inside. At the top of the composition, finishing off the three rectangles, one sees the area in a half-moon suggesting lanscape. The divided areas are separated by blank lines with suggesting frame.

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  • Title: Our Lady of Aparecida
  • 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: w14 x h16cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:Nossa Senhora:Our Lady of Conception, human figure:woman
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 92
  • Notes: Support affixed to brown cardboard.
  • Inscription: At bottom edge, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Maquete para N. S. D’Aparecida na Matriz de Batatais, de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari” and "Nº 368”. On reverse, inscription "DN 5”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the tryptic “Our Lady of Aparecida”, Church of Lord Jesus of the Cane, Batatais, SP [FCO 2782, FCO 2783, FCO 2784 and FCO 2785]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3172
Projeto Portinari

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