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Tiradentes

Candido Portinari1949

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Straight lines and shading. It depicts in a square with gallows where you see the body of Tiradentes. In the foreground, on the right of center, three women kneeling: two front with their faces covered by the hands and between them a third 3/4 turned to the left embracing the figure on the right. In the background, the center and the on the left, four men and three group are back and one of them, especially the group, has his face turned toward the three women in the foreground. On the third level, several back figures, around a gallows where the body of Tiradentes dangling from a rope. In the background crowd surrounding the gallows.

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  • Title: Tiradentes
  • 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: 1949
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26.5 x h39.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: historical themes:characters:Tiradentes, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: etching
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 846
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2796
Projeto Portinari

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