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São Francisco de Assis church

Hans Nöbauer1920/1939

Museu Histórico Nacional

Museu Histórico Nacional
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the foreground, at the bottom, lawn and vegetation, and at the ends, small trees and large palm trees, whose crowns reach the upper angles. In the second plan, circular and straight balustrades, with the intersection of the two on a rectangular base, a rod supporting three lamps. In the third plan, church in white, green and pink tones with: central cover finished with volutes and medallion; two choir windows; lateral pilasters of Corinthian capitals; articulated entablature, curvilinear in the center, involving a circular oculus; pediment in curves and counter-curves having at the apex a two-armed cross (emblem of the Third Order of São Francisco da Penitência), side towers, cylindrical, with arches at the bases and full arches between pilasters; entablatures supporting hollow balustrades, garnished with pinnacles; semi-cylindrical arrows, ended in the center by pinnacles. Sky in green, white and pink tones. Signature in black ink in the lower right corner: Nöbauer

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  • Title: São Francisco de Assis church
  • Creator: Hans Nöbauer
  • Creator Lifespan: 1893 - 1971
  • Creator Nationality: Austríaco
  • Creator Gender: Masculino
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro
  • Creator Birth Place: Viena
  • Date Created: 1920/1939
  • Physical Dimensions: 52,2 x 38 cm
  • Type: Painting
  • External Link: Museu Histórico Nacional
  • Medium: Oil on wood
Museu Histórico Nacional

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