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Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross, Thirteenth the Via Crucis

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in light shades of green, rose, gray, ochre, lilac and white and shades earthy and red. Smooth texture in the background in white, thick, and to the right figure. Figures represented with significant and deliberated deformed expressions.. It depicts Jesus being laid in Mary's arms. In the foreground, in the center, facing Maria receiving the dead body of Jesus. Mary is dressed in the dark, his head covered, without representation of facial features. The body of Jesus is carried by two figures: the on the left, curved profile to the right, the legs and maintains to the right, on a sort bin, holding the end of a white cloth covering his back. In the background, behind Maria, you see part of the vertical beam of the cross and on the left girl climbing stairs. Rose floor and green background with geometrical areas near the ochre figures. The stark contrast in light and dark tones accentuate the drama of the scene. .

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  • Title: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross, Thirteenth the Via Crucis
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w49 x h49cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:religious scenes:Stations of the Cross, religious:Jesus, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: tempera
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2492
  • Notes: Composition is outlined by a painted white strip.
  • Inscription: Inscription on reverse of support "13ª Jesus descido da cruz e depositado nos braços de sua mãe”. On reverse, inscription "80”; handwritten label "caixa 60”.
  • Function: Work executed to decorate the Pampulha Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Belo Horizonte, MG. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2401
Projeto Portinari

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