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Composition in black tones, white, blue and orange. Contour lines and color shading. Composition representing angel occupying the entire area quasse composition against a plain background. The angel is standing, facing, has long, wavy hair, facial features suggested, oval face and elongated neck. He's folded hands, has great wing painted blue and suggested draping tunic and with colored light shades of orange. Plain background.

Details

  • Title: Archangel
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w14.5 x h26.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:angel
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon, colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3867
  • Notes: Work executed on sheet of ruled paper.
  • Function: Sketch, not used, for the mural painting “Divine Shepherdess” [FCO 1013]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2173

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