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The First Mass in Brazil
Candido Portinari1948
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, white and blue. Draft rapid lines. Father praying Mass assisted by Sexton and kneeling groups occupying the entire area of the composition. On the left, on a step, profile to the altar, priest standing 3/4 facing left, arms in the air suggesting that the timing of the increase. Father Behind the kneeling sacristan and the background, soldiers group suggested. On the right, kneeling figures side by side profile to the left. Along the bottom edge, on the left of center, trunk closed.
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- Title: The First Mass in Brazil
- 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: 1948
- Physical Dimensions: w26.3 x h17.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: historical themes:historical scenes:first Mass in Brazil, religious:religious scenes:Mass, human figure:group:men
- Technique: colored pencil, India ink pen
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1675
- Notes: Support was cut at top right.
- Inscription: Signed in dedication, at bottom left, "PARA CONDÉ COM o abraço Portinari”. Dated in inscription at bottom right "detalhe esboço 1ª missa 1948”. Inscriptions, at top left, "soldados” and at top right, "padres” and "amarelo”; in the middle, "oficial” and "violeta”
- Function: Study for the panel The First Mass in Brazil [FCO 1706]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2655
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