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Title
Jacob's Dream
Description
Composition in tones orange, blue, ochre, gray, rose, and white earthy. Rough texture and marked brushstrokes. Representation boy lying down, sleeping, dreaming of angels soaring staircase into the sky. In the lower half on the floor with orange quadrangular areas in earthy tones and ochre, boy lying with his head to the left and to the right foot. Is to the body from the front, head turned upward, supported by the on the right arm and fist on the forehead. He has a round face with facial features indicated in rose reflexes, whitish and bluish. On the left arm on the body with a hand on the leg and bare feet. Wears dark gray clothing with parallel strokes in the vertical direction. In the upper half, a ladder through the center of the composition vertically, where three angels with great wings and wearing long flowing robes, look up the steps toward the sky, which is blue with rose reflections, clearing toward the horizon. In the top on the left, moon representation.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Related Event2
Related Document3
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
21
Previous Collection
Galeria XerxesCollection
Height
81.5
Width
65.5
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 57"
Annotation Exhibition
On stretcher, label "GALERIE CHARPENTIER – 6, RUE DU FG SAINT-HONORÉ PARIS ANJOU 57-61 – 34-22 PORTINARI 19 [torn]”; inscription "Nº 37”.
