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Title
Christ is Crowned with a Crown of Thorns
Description
Composition in ochre, gray, earthy, black and blue. Quick graphite lines, gouache strokes and diluted gouache, irregular throughout composition. It depicts representation of the Cross, when Christ receives the crown of thorns. On the left, man figure, turned slightly to the right, using kind of skirt - suggesting that a centurion; has stretched arms and safe in his hands a crown of thorns that is putting on the head of Christ. This is at the heart of kneeling composition, with the profile body to the right, hands folded, head almost from the front, fallen behind. On the right figure of a man - another centurion - standing, front, arms folded, legs apart, wearing a short skirt. On the drawing, gouache diluted on the left ochre, the center light ochre, earthy on the robes of Christ and the on the left in darker ochre; blue blur near the upper on the right corner of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
Related Document2
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study, not used, for one of the stations of the cross in the Pampulha Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Belo Horizonte, MG
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to yellow cardboard.
Previous Collection
Height
25
Width
24.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 1945"
Annotation Others
On reverse, labels "Renato Magalhães Gouvêa Escritório de Arte. Rua Pelotas 475 Fone: 549-1700 São Paulo”, "67” and "172”.
