Painting Item Number: 2903/29 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Painting in dark colours of Jesus sitting on a throne with four angels around him. The canvas on which the image is painted is stretched and nailed over another canvas that is stretched and nailed over a wooden frame. There is a border painted on the canvas with a teardrop motif painted over a dark brown background. The teardrops are dark red with outlines in various shades such as thick yellow, orange, blue and black. In the upper left and right corners, there are naked angels flying and looking down at the central figure, Jesus. The angel’s wings are yellow-brown, black and blue. In place of hands, they have clusters of red and black dashes that resemble small explosions. Jesus sits upon a brown throne with curved arm and back rests. He has long, curly black hair and a black mustache and beard. He wears a red cape with yellow-white embroidery at the edges and a yellow-brown robe with black embroidery at the hem. He holds his left hand upwards with his index and middle fingers straight and the others bent. Both of his hands have red circles on them. In his right hand, he holds a red staff. In the lower left and right corners, there are two angels holding tall candles. The angels have brown wings and wear yellow-white shirts and brown skirts. The background of the central image is yellow-brown. On the left side on the back of the image, there is a number written in pencil.