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Title
Tiradentes
Description
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.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event54
Related Document58
Art Form
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Art Medium
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Artwork Surface
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Matrix Description
Plate made of steel-plated copper, 40 x 27 cm.
Notes Certificate
Portinari Project Certificates of Authenticity no. 507, no. 540, no. 655, no. 748, no. 853, no. 899, no. 902, no. 907, no. 908, no. 1237, no. 1243, no. 1455, no. 1631, no. 1638, no. 1675, no. 1703, no. 1714, no. 1718.
DN Number
816
Collection
Height
39.5
Width
26.5
Dimension Notes
65.5x50 (S)
