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Title
Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, shading and scrapes. Pregamento It depicts Jesus on the cross. In the center of the composition, Jesus stretched over large cross in light diagonally from the left to the right and top to bottom. Jesus is gaunt with suffering face. On the left and on the right, kneeling figure back with hammer in hand, preaching the hands of Jesus on the cross. Shaved areas on the design accentuate the chiaroscuro of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Jesus is Nailed to the Cross [FCO 2490], Eleventh Station of the Via Crucis
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
24
Width
20.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription in top right corner "11”
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Estudo para ‘Via Sacra’ da Pampulha – de autoria de Candido Portinari – autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari em 1972".
Annotation Others
On reverse, adhesive tape with inscription "LC 518”.
