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Don Quixote on Horseback with Lance and Sword

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, yellow, white, earthy, rose and blue. Contour lines, colored areas, shaded and hatched. It depicts D. Quixote mounted on his white horse occupying almost the entire area support against dashed yellow background. The horse is in front of Don Quixote, too, but this is with the upper body leaning to the left; it is very thin and has long mustache and goatee. Wearing a hat and dark armor suggesting that they are in metal. Has on the left arm raised and holding a knife stretched, folded and the on the right holding a spear that is diagonally passing in front of the horse's neck. The floor and the bottom are mixed and yellow are represented by dashed lines.

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  • Title: Don Quixote on Horseback with Lance and Sword
  • 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: w16 x h42cm 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: Signed in bottom left corner "Port". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1213
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3744
Projeto Portinari

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