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Don Quixote Charging the Windmill

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow tones, gray, earthy, black, white, blue, purple, red and green. Contour lines, dashed, colored areas and shading effects. It depicts ram lying supine D. Quixote and part of a mill blade. In the foreground, lying ram profile to the left with his head up, stretched front legs and out and stewed up supported on its hind legs that are folded. In the background, on the right, D. Quixote in a supine position, the on the left to the right diagonal, the front to back; he's raised the chest, arms bent up with hands close to her face and legs straight, wear dark armor suggesting that metal. On your on the right, one sees part of a mill blade. Don Quixote seems to have been thrown to the ground by the wind mill. Ground and background, on the right, in dotted yellow.

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  • Title: Don Quixote Charging the Windmill
  • 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 h29cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1223
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3761
Projeto Portinari

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