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Title
Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
Description
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.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
5
Related Document
4
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross [FCO 2790], Fifth Station of the Via Crucis
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
colored pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Certificate
750
DN Number
750
Height
25
Width
20.5
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription at top right "5”
Annotation Family
On back of frame, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 750” and "Nº 661”.
