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Title
Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face, Sixth Station of the Via Crucis
Description
Composition in ochre, rose, blue, gray, violet, lilac, earthy, white, red and black. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Figures represented with significant and deliberated deformed expressions.. It depicts Veronica wiping the face of Jesus. In the foreground, Jesus and Veronica kneeling face to face. On the left, Jesus kneeling in profile to right with the cross over his left shoulder. He has long hair, fainting face, from where dripping drops of blood fall over his tunic, which is torn on the shoulder. On the right, Veronica kneeling with arms outstretched holding a white cloth and wearing a tunic in lilac tones. In the background, on the left, a soldier holding a spear and on the right, a figure covering the face with his hands. Geometrized background in light tones with house facade suggestion on top. The contrast of light and dark tones accentuate the drama of the scene. .
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the Pampulha Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Belo Horizonte, MG. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Composition is outlined by a painted white strip.
Collection
Igreja de São Francisco de Assis da Pampulha adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita por Oscar Niemeyer, em 1945Collection
Height
49
Width
49
Dimension Notes
60x60 (S)
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription on reverse of support "6ª Verônica”
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "80”.
