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Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross

Candido Portinari1953

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, red, yellow, black and white. Predominance of contour lines and colored areas. Study depicting Jesus being helped by Cyrene. In the foreground, on the left, Jesus kneeling and bent profile to the left, with his hands resting on the floor, pressing the on the right shoulder cross cutting the composition horizontally. In the second plane, the center figure front lowered, trying to carry the cross. On the third level, on the right, three figures appearing to observe the It depicts, one of which carries a child in her lap.

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  • Title: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
  • 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: 1953
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w20.5 x h25cm 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:child, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 345
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Inscription at top right "5”. On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 750” and "Nº 661”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross” [FCO 2790], Fifth Station of the Via Crucis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3209
Projeto Portinari

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