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Title
Jesus
Description
Composition in white tones, blue, gray, green, red, earthy, ochre and gold. Resulting rough texture own support and smooth. Jesus standing in front occupying almost the entire area of the composition against blue background. He's with the head turned slightly to the right and up; It has long face, clear and long wavy hair, broad forehead, almond-shaped well separated eyes turned upward, long nose and thin, well-designed and lips closed and light beard. wear long white robe with green finish neck, gold and blue on the sleeves and cuffs, narrow red stripe and two blue, one narrow and one wide, in the bar. wears on the tunic, a white blanket on the outside and green inside, stuck in the neck finish. It has the on the right arm folded diagonally across the chest with the hand-B near the heart and the on the left arm upwards, diagonally, with hand at head height; bare feet slightly apart. Background in tones of deep blue.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
The model for this work was a friend of the artist.
Themes
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Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the right 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 00045.
Collection
Notes Collection
When Gustavo Capanema received a letter from Portinari with photos of the chapel he was working on for his grandmother Nonna, he commissioned the artist to do a copy of this work. See Head of Jesus [FCO 997]
Height
180.5
Width
71
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
