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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white with ochre tones. Graphic character in the well-defined black lines. Quick strokes, short, parallel, intersecting. Tonal effects obtained by grisados. D.Quixote representation and Sancho Panza riding in country lanscape with windmills in the background. In the foreground, on the left of center, D.Quixote on horseback. Horse and rider are slightly turned to the left. D.Quixote wears hat, has thin, long face, round black eyes and mustache caricature, thick and long, in contrast to the face. Wears armor and have on the right arm raised above his head with hand holding sword drawn. On the left hand holds the reins and the horse that appears to be the scabbard. Horse has straight and parallel front legs while the rear suggest movement. Position of the hind legs does not match the position in which they are represented the body and the front legs of the animal. On the floor, parallel curved lines which arise composition of the bottom and open in a range in multiple directions. In the background on the right, shown in Sancho and less than D.Quixote scale. Sancho Panza is riding in front, wearing a hat and it seems to hold the reins with both hands. Rider and horse are poorly defined. In the background, paths, small elevations and two windmills on the right.

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  • Title: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17 x h24cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:man, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: colored pencil, India ink pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1704
  • Function: Study for the painting “Don Quixote” [FCO 1172]. This drawing was engraved by Edith Behring in 1962, giving origin to the work “Don Quixote” [FCO 854]. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3773
Projeto Portinari

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