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Title
Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross, Thirteenth the Via Crucis
Description
Composition in light shades of green, rose, gray, ochre, lilac and white and shades earthy and red. Smooth texture in the background in white, thick, and to the right figure. Figures represented with significant and deliberated deformed expressions.. It depicts Jesus being laid in Mary's arms. In the foreground, in the center, facing Maria receiving the dead body of Jesus. Mary is dressed in the dark, his head covered, without representation of facial features. The body of Jesus is carried by two figures: the on the left, curved profile to the right, the legs and maintains to the right, on a sort bin, holding the end of a white cloth covering his back. In the background, behind Maria, you see part of the vertical beam of the cross and on the left girl climbing stairs. Rose floor and green background with geometrical areas near the ochre figures. The stark contrast in 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 "13ª Jesus descido da cruz e depositado nos braços de sua mãe”
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "80”; handwritten label "caixa 60”.
