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Title
Jesus Dies on the Cross, Twelfth Station of the Via Crucis
Description
Composition in light shades of blue, ochre, rose, white, lilac, gray, red and earthy tones. Smooth texture in the background and thick with marked strokes and use of spatula in the white and the hair of the characters. Figures represented with significant and deliberated deformed expressions. It depicts Jesus dying on the cross. In the center, in front of Jesus crucified, with his head tiltet to the right over the shoulder and a white cloth covering her body at the hips. On the left, kneeling woman in profile to the right at the foot of the cross and on the right, two kneeling figures in profile, facing each other, crying, embraced. Plain background with bluish tone; on the left, stuck on a vertical beam, there is the suggestion of another rucified figure. The strong contrast of light and dark tones accentuates the drama of the scene.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
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Function
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.
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Igreja de São Francisco de Assis da Pampulha adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita por Oscar Niemeyer, em 1945Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
49
Width (cm)
49
Dimension Notes
60x60 (S)
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription on reverse of support "12ª morte na cruz”
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "80”; handwritten label "caixa 60”.
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