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Saint Joseph with Baby Jesus and Child

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Tangled and intersecting lines creating dark shadow areas. The composition suggests that a painting depicting St. Joseph with the baby Jesus in her lap, being watched by a child who is in the lower on the right corner. In the center, the figure of St. Joseph from the front, with big eyes and representation beard, on the left hand flat back and on the right arm holding the baby Jesus, who has the head facing forward and globe in his on the right hand. On the bottom on the right, standing with his back, 3/4 turned to the left, the figure of a boy, as if watching the It depicts. Tangled lines occupy the entire area of ​​the composition.

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  • Title: Saint Joseph with Baby Jesus and Child
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15 x h22cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:Jesus:Boy, religious:Saints:Saint Joseph, human figure:child:boy, human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 552
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 285” and "Nº 912”.
  • Function: Illustration no. 5 for the book “Retrato de Portinari,” by Antonio Callado
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3852
Projeto Portinari

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