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Title
Amphora
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and some shaded. Design amphora and Jewish head. In the upper half of the pitcher support, well rounded, with a large neck and two handles of which is seen from the right above. In the lower half below a line separating the rest of the composition, it is seen inverted, a profile head with Jewish skullcap.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
This amphora is depicted in the work The Wedding at Cana [FCO 1740].
Themes
Related Event
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Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
439
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
13
Width
16
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "Nazareth Galilea junho 1956 Portinari"
Annotation Author
Inscriptions, at top lef, "cana”, "44c” and "[illegible]”; at right edge, "[illegible]”, "Colomensis [illegible]” and "Fac simile d’elli Idria che [illegible]”
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 439” and "Nº 800”.
