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The Wedding at Cana

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, green, violet, lilac, blue, orange, gray, earthy, rose, white and black. Color design with areas in parallel dashed in the figures, incisions and scratched in some regions. It depicts the Wedding at Cana by looking up group of ten people occupying the whole area of ​​support. To the left of center, Our Lady, St. Joseph and Jesus, all facing and halo around his head. Our Lady is with the head turned to the right and upward; St. Joseph and Jesus looking up with ease of expression, blessing the wine pitchers ahead. To the left of the pitchers, kneeling figure of a man in profile to the right, green dress and along the lateral margin on the left, I turned to the left 3/4 with hands together and head covered with blue cloth and wearing lilac and green tunic. On the right, five figures side by side wearing long robes except the third one is young, wears short tunic and carries a lamb on his shoulders. All have represented facial features, wear colored robes and strappy sandals. Yellow background with geometrical areas in blue and orange.

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  • Title: The Wedding at Cana
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w38.5 x h16.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: diverse:objects:amphora, religious:religious scenes:The Cana Wedding, religious:Jesus, Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:group:men, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3229
  • Inscription: On reverse, stamp of authenticity from Maria Portinari.
  • Function: Study for the panel “The Wedding at Cana” [FCO 1740]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4110
Projeto Portinari

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