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Our Lady with Baby Jesus
Candido Portinari1946
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Sinuous lines and straight. Our Lady with the Child Jesus in her arms, occupying almost the entire area of the composition, against background of geometrical areas and sinuous lines. Our Lady is standing in front with 3/4 face facing left. Safe on the left arm Child Jesus sitting. wears long tunic with flowing robe dipped star represented in the form of "X". Background with parallel straight lines and short wavy lines forming geometrical areas. Long wavy lines overlap the composition, creating matted effect.
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Details
- Title: Our Lady with Baby Jesus
- 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: 1946
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w17 x h24cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:Jesus:Boy, religious:Nossa Senhora:Our Lady of Carmel, human figure:child:boy, human figure:woman
- Technique: etching
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 837
- Function: Original illustration, on a loose page, for the book �O alienista,� by Machado de Assis
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2519
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