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Title
Saint John the Baptist
Description
Composition in blue tones, white, gray, red ochre, black, green and earthy. Resulting rough texture of the actual support of the work and smooth. Figure Sao Joao Batista standing in front, occupying almost the entire area of its composition having one side lying lamb against deep blue background uniform. The saint has a round face, curly black hair with lock covering the on the right side of his forehead with white brush strokes that suggest the hair shine; well separated, round eyes and black facing right, straight eyebrows, long nose, well-designed lips closed and rounded chin. It is with the on the left arm bent at the waist with open cupped hand and on the right arm stretched upward, diagonally cross with a rod holding the tip. At the intersection of the cross, white band as that windswept which reads the inscription: "ECCE AGNUS DEI". wear white cloth that covers her body from the waist down, with red trim finishing off the waist and tip your on the left and with two tracks, also red in the bar. A portion of the cloth leaves the waist to your on the left and cross the chest through his on the right shoulder and falling back. Barefoot and separated. To the left of the composition, next to the right foot of the saint, lamb lying on its paws on the left diagonal to the right, backward and his head almost in profile to the left.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
The model for this work was Luiz Portinari, brother of the artist.
Themes
Related Event
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Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the left third of the left side wall of the Nonna chapel in Brodowski, SP. The house where the artists parents lived, along with the work, was expropriated by the São Paulo state government in 1969 and transformed into a museum in 1970.
Art Form
Mural paintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
combined medium and supportArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 00051.
Collection
Height
180
Width
76
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription at top right "ECCE AGNUS DEI”
