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Don Quixote Charging the Cows

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, yellow, green, blue, earthy, red and white. Parallel dashed lines and shading. It depicts Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, being toppled from his horse and ass by a herd of cows, seeing to the cowboy background also mounted. In the foreground, on the left, Sancho Panza falling to the right of your ass that is lying on the floor with straight front legs forward; deeper, on the right, Don Quixote being thrown to the ground by his horse is prancing and profile to the left. D. Quixote is with the head and the front trunk. Holds in his on the left hand a spear and shield has a prisoner in his on the right arm. Among Sancho and D. Quixote have a herd of cows are all the front running suggesting. It is at the bottom, on the left, watching the It depicts. Background and yellow ground dotted with tracks in stronger tone suggesting geometrical shadows.

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  • Title: Don Quixote Charging the Cows
  • 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: w49.5 x h35cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:donkey, Nature:Animals:horse, Nature:Animals:cow, human figure:group:men, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1229
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3768
Projeto Portinari

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