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Title
Angels
Description
Composition in tones earthy, blue, yellow, ochre, orange and red. Smooth texture. Composition serving tailpiece below the triptych of the Good Lord Jesus Green Cana. It depicts two kneeling angels, profile, one facing the other, seeing themselves among them a closed coffin. In the center of the composition, suggesting the wooden coffin, looking up at its rear decorative pillows, also in wood, arranged side by side and symmetrically with angles up, down and sideways. Geometrized areas on the coffin suggest shadows. The angels are the edges of the composition were as keeping the coffin. They wear yellow, long and wide tunics with folds and drapery folds suggested by geometrical areas. The two angels have opened and back with feathers in red and blue tones wings. They have very fair skin, and the on the left is blonder than the on the right; both have wavy long hair covering the neck. Background in blue tone and ground in earthy tone, seeing himself behind the Angels and floor geometrical areas suggesting the projection of their shadows.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed as bottom section of the retable of the Church of Lord Jesus of the Cane, Batatais, SP
Art Form
PanelArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Igreja do Senhor Bom Jesus da Cana Verde doada pela comissão de obras da Igreja, que a adquiriu do artista, sob encomenda, em 1952Collection
Height
79
Width
350
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
