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Don Quixote Attacking a Flock of Sheep

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, yellow, black, blue, green, ochre and earthy. Straight, dotted lines and colored areas. It depicts Don Quixote on his horse seeming to have scared a flock of sheep, seeing to the bottom two pastors and Sancho Panza. In the foreground, center, D. Quixote forward, using equipment which suggests that metal; secure on the left arm on the right one shield and a spear in his hand that is perpendicular pointed downward. It is mounted on his white horse, standing, standing in the middle of a flock of sheep that are running in all directions as if they were fon the rightened. In the background, on the right, two pastors one sitting with his on the right hand on the forehead and on the left arm up and the other running with his arms up, as if trying to calm the sheep. In the background, on the right, Sancho Panza riding his donkey in front. Floor and background are represented by dashed yellow tone.

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  • Title: Don Quixote Attacking a Flock of Sheep
  • 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: w35 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:ewe, Nature:Animals:donkey, human figure:man, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1220
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3756
Projeto Portinari

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